document.write( "Question 330459: Find and graph an equation of a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20. Find and graph an equation of a line parallel to 2x-5y=20. Graph the three lines on the same coordinate plane \n" ); document.write( "
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\"2x-5y=20\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-5y=-2x%2B20\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%282%2F5%29x-4\"
\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282%2F5%29%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=-5%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%285%2F2%29x%2Bb\"
\n" ); document.write( "Since it can be any line let \"b=0\".
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\n" ); document.write( "Parallel lines have the same slope and different intercept.
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\n" ); document.write( "Plot them all together.
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