document.write( "Question 815370: Tell whether the lines with the given slopes are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.\r
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document.write( "m1 = 4    Consider y = 4x  Green line (m1 = 4 )
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document.write( "m2 = 0.25  consider y =   Blue line (m2 = (1/4)
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document.write( "           consider  y =  Purple line 
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document.write( "Note: Purple perpendicular to Green (m=4)
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document.write( "If lines are perpendicular, their product = to 
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