document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145679>Question 145679</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3x-9  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 3x-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Both of your equations are in the slope-intercept form, y = mx+b, so you can immediately see that the slopes, m, are equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the lines have equal slopes, then they are parallel. </SPAN>\n" );
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