document.write( "Question 599512: 3x-8y=-10
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document.write( "32x+12y=19
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document.write( "Are these solutions parallel, perpindicular or neither
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Algebra.Com's Answer #378991 by Alan3354(69443) You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x-8y=-10 \n" ); document.write( "32x+12y=19 \n" ); document.write( "Are these solutions parallel, perpindicular or neither \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Those are equations, not solutions. \n" ); document.write( "The lines made when the equations are graphed might be parallel, etc. \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Find the slope of each line by solving for y \n" ); document.write( "3x-8y=-10 --> y = (3/8)x + something \n" ); document.write( "32x+12y=19 --> y = (-8/3)x + something \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "The coefficient of x is the slope, m \n" ); document.write( "If the slopes are negative inverses, they're perpendicular, which these are. \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "The \"something\" doesn't affect the slope, only the position of the line. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |