document.write( "Question 921791: the side of a quadrilateral lie on the lines y=4x+5, y=1/3x+7, 8x-2y=1, and x-3y=2. is the quadrilateral a parallelogram
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a parallelogram is quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let' graph them and see: \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "just find two points for each and draw a line through:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=4x%2B5\", find intercepts\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"x=0\"=> \"y=4%2A0%2B5\"=> \"y=5\"=> y-intercept is at (\"0\",\"5\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"y=0\"=> \"0=4x%2B5\"=> \"x=-5%2F4\"=> x-intercept is at (\"-5%2F4\",\"0\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%281%2F3%29x%2B7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"x=0\"=> \"y=%281%2F3%290%2B7\"=> \"y=7\"=> y-intercept is at (\"0\",\"7\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"y=0\"=> \"0=%281%2F3%29x%2B7\"=> \"x=-7%2F%281%2F3%29=-21\"=> x-intercept is at (\"-21\",\"0\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"x=0\"=> \"8%2A0-2y=1\"=> \"y=-1%2F2\"=> y-intercept is at (\"0\",\"-1%2F2\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"y=0\"=> \"8x-2%2A0=1\"=> \"x=1%2F8\"=> x-intercept is at (\"1%2F8\",\"0\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"x=0\"=> \"0-3y=2\"=> \"y=-2%2F3\"=> y-intercept is at (\"0\",\"-2%2F3\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"y=0\"=> \"x-3%2A0=2\"=> \"x=2\"=> x-intercept is at (\"2\",\"0\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "both pairs of opposite sides are \"not\" parallel; so, it's not a parallelogram
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