SOLUTION: Determine whether the lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither. Show your work for maximum credit. Write a sentence telling the reason for your choice. 3y=6-x 3x-y=7

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Question 859978: Determine whether the lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither. Show your work for maximum credit. Write a sentence telling the reason for your choice.
3y=6-x
3x-y=7

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


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Parallel lines have slopes that are identical. Not the case here.
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other.


The lines are perpendicular.

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