document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=553310>Question 553310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are these parallel, perpendicular or neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4x-1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=-1/2x+3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2y=-1/2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= (-1/4)x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "compare the slopes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*-1/4 = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m1*m2 =-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so they are perpendicular\r<BR>\n" );
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