document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=58184>Question 58184</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?   L1 with equation x – 5y = 10   L2 with equation 5x + y = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Put both equations in slope intercept form so that we can find the slope of each line.  Slope intercept form is:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, slope=m and (0,b) is the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L1) x-5y=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-x%2Bx-5y=-x%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-x%2Bx-5y=-x%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-5y=-x%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-5y=-x%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-5y%2F-5=-x%2F-5%2B10%2F-5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-5y%2F-5=-x%2F-5%2B10%2F-5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%281%2F5%29x-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%281%2F5%29x-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  slope=m=(1/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L2)5x+y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-5x%2B5x%2By=-5x%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-5x%2B5x%2By=-5x%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-5x%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-5x%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  slope=m=-5 or -5/1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Parrallel lines have = slopes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perpendiculare lines have slope that are negative reciprocals of each other (opposite signs and upsides down.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If they're neither of those it's neither.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-5%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-5%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are opposite signs and upside down.  Therefore the lines are parallel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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