document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=714968>Question 714968</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is 3y+2x=0 parallel, perpendicular, or neither to y=1.5x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the slopes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st equation: slope = -2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd equation: slope = 1.5 = 3/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These lines are perpendicular because<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the product of their slopes = -1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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