document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=82255>Question 82255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am supposed to determine which two equations represent perpendicular lines:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) y=5/3x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) y=3x-5/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) y=-1/3x+5/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) y=1/3>5/3x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone please help me with this ;0/ </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #58931 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=58931\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Remember that perpendicular lines have slopes the are the negative reciprocal of each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can use this fact to determine which tow equations represent perpendicular lines.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your equations (with the exception of (d)) are in the slope-intercept form: y = mx+b, so this make the job easier.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope in equation (b) is m = 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope in equation (c) is m = -1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These slopes are the negative reciprocal of each other, so the lines represented by these two equations are perpendicular. </SPAN>\n" );
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