document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=43798>Question 43798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help again :  3x - y = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                  2y = 6x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Determine algebraically whether the lines are parallel, perpindicular or neither.  state the number solutions. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-y = -3x + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x - 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = 6x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slopes are the same, but the y-intercepts are different. The lines are parallel. No solutions exist.<BR>\n" );
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