document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=179902>Question 179902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Match, which line is parallel, perpendicular, or neither to y=5x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=5x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-5y+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-5x-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slopes are equal -- parallel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slopes are negative reciprocal -- perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "otherwise -- neither<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is in the form of: y = mx + b (slope-intercept form)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, now we know that the slope of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A line with a slope of 5 is parallel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A line with a slope of -1/5 will be perpendicular.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Evaluating against:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5x+9 (same slope, must be parallel)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-5y+2 (neither)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-5x-4 (neither) </SPAN>\n" );
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