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document.write( "Determine whether the graphs of the equations are parallel lines, perpendicular lines, or neither.\r
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document.write( "3x - 8y = -6
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document.write( "32x + 12y = -6 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #367162 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x - 8y = -6 \n" ); document.write( "32x + 12y = -6\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Write the equations in slope intercept form\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8y=3x+6 \n" ); document.write( "/8 \n" ); document.write( "y=(3/8)x+6/8 \n" ); document.write( "y=(3/8)x+3/4...........................(1)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "32x + 12y = -6\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "12y=-32x-6 \n" ); document.write( "/12 \n" ); document.write( "y=-4x-(1/2).............................(2)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "compare these equations with y= mx+b where m is the slope\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "slope of first line is(3/8) & second line is(-4)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the slopes of both these equations are are neither the same nor the negative reciprocal of each other.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So they are neither parallel nor perpendicular. \n" ); document.write( " |