document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=750869>Question 750869</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the given linear equations are parallel, perpendicular, or neither. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x - 4y = - 12 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x - 4y = 8  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-4y=-8x-12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2x+3 (first equation, rearranged. slope is 2, y intercept is 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x - 4y = 8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x -y = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-y=-2x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2x-2 (second equation rearranged. slope is 2, y intercept is -2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slopes are the same, but different y intercepts, so these lines are parallel.  </SPAN>\n" );
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