document.write( "Question 247855: is this parallel or perpendicular? y = 3x – 1, y = –x + 2 \n" ); document.write( "
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Neither.
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "Parallel lines have identical slopes.
\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other.
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "Since neither of these applies, the lines are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
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