document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=617155>Question 617155</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find out if these two lines are parallel,perpendicular or neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 3/8x -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x + 3y=10 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #388172 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=388172\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the 1st equation is in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solving the 2nd equation for y ___ y = (-8/3)x + (10/3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the x-coefficients (slopes) of the two slope-intercept equations are negative-reciprocals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ this means that the lines are perpendicular </SPAN>\n" );
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