document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=247260>Question 247260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to decide whether the pair of lines is parallel, perpendicular or neither\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+3y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3y=6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #180403 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=blwinbbbles><B>blwinbbbles(106)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=blwinbbbles><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=blwinbbbles><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=180403\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Parallel lines have the same slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perpendicular lines have the inverse negative of each other..ie: if slope is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 on one line it would be 1/2 the perpendicular or if it was 2 on one line it would be -1/2 in the perpendicular\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you were to rearrange these equation to represent the linear equation, which is  y=mx+b  with m = slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 3y = 8  would be 3y = -2x + 8 would be y = -2/3(x) + 8/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X + 3Y = 6  would be 3y = -2x + 6 would be y = -2/3(x) + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore they have the same slope (m) and will be parallel lines. </SPAN>\n" );
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