document.write( "Question 74540: Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
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\n" ); document.write( " L2 with equation 7x + y = 7
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Algebra.Com's Answer #53516 by checkley75(3666)\"\" \"About 
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X-7Y=21, -7Y=-X+21, Y=-X/-7+21/-7, Y=X/7-3
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+graph%28+200%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+y+=+x%2F7+-3%2C+y+=+-7x+%2B7%29+\" (graph 200x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -6 to 5, of TWO functions y = x/7 -3 and y = -7x +7).
\n" ); document.write( "they look perpendicular to me AND the slopes are negative recipricals of each other. (definition of parallel lines).
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