document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=208429>Question 208429</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Parallel and Perpendicular Slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me solve this equation: Which lines are parallel?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.x=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.y=5/6x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.y=5/6x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.x=9 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a.x=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.y=5/6x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.y=5/6x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.x=9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "'a' and 'd' are parallel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(both are vertical lines)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "'b' and 'c' are parallel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(by inspection, because of slope-intercept form y=mx+b -- both have the same slope of 5/6)<BR>\n" );
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