document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=180540>Question 180540</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> parallel, perpendicular, or neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-18y=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x-y=14 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #135294 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mgmoeab><B>mgmoeab(37)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mgmoeab><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mgmoeab><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=135294\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can solve this problem by solving the equations, and takinf them to the slope-intercept form and compare their slopes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you solve -3x-18y = 6 for Y, then you get m = (-1/6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a). y = (-1/6)x-(1/3) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you solve 6x-y = 14 for Y, then you get m = (6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b). y = (6)x - 14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The relationship between both slopes is that if you multiply them, then you will get -1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This tells you that the lines are perpendicular.<BR>\n" );
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