document.write( "Question 324720: Given y = -3/2x + 7/2
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Parallel lines have identical slopes.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"6=-%283%2F2%292%2Bb\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b-3=6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=9\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-%283%2F2%29%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=2%2F3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%282%2F3%29x%2Bb\"
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