document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=162492>Question 162492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> are the following equations parallel, perpendicular or nethier to y = 5x + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 5x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -5x - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -5y + 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I will assume that this is incorrect and what is really being expressed is y=5x+1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In that case it is parallel to y = 5x + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because they have the same slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -5x - 6 is neither.<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C-5x-6%2C+5x%2B6%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C-5x-6%2C+5x%2B6%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -5y + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This line is perpendicular because the slope is inverse and is -. This is the definition of  a perpendicular line<BR>\n" );
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