document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=452492>Question 452492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide whether the pair of lines is parallel, perpendicular, or neither.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2y=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The lines are\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. parallel </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+2y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2y=4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lines are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. parallel<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find whether the pair of lines is parallel, perpendicular, or neither,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "change each equation to standard form, y=mx+b, where m=slope, and b, y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+2y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=-3x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/2+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+2y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=-3x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/2+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Both lines have the same slope but different y-intercepts, so, they are parallel to each other. </SPAN>\n" );
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