document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1001937>Question 1001937</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the two lines<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	2x &#8722; y = &#8722;8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	x + 2y = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "determine which of the following best describes their relationship to each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.	parallel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.	perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.	congruent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D.	skew<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E.	none of the above\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show work. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #618984 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=618984\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve each for y in terms of x.  Are the equations identical?  What is the slope of each?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the equations are equivalent, then \"congruent\".  If slopes are the same but equations not equivalent, then parallel; if slopes are negative reciprocals, then perpendicular.  \"Skew\" is not applicable in the restricted two dimensions of just x and y. </SPAN>\n" );
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