document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=284494>Question 284494</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do the slopes and y-intercepts of two linear equations help you to determine whether two lines are parallel, perpendicular, intersecting, or coinciding? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the slopes are negative reciprocals of each other, the two lines are perpendicular.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the slopes are equal but the intercepts unequal, the lines are parallel and do not coincide.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the slopes are equal and the intercepts are also equal, the lines coincide.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Otherwise, the lines simply intersect somewhere.  \r<BR>\n" );
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