document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=85805>Question 85805</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help me with this one?  Are the two lines with equations 2x + 3y = 8 and 3x + 2y = 7 parallel, perpendicular or neither? Tell (algebraically) how you know. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #61988 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=61988\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are the two lines with equations 2x + 3y = 8 and 3x + 2y = 7 parallel, perpendicular or neither?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve each equation for y:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-2/3)x + (8/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-3/2)x + (7/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1st has slope -2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 2nd has slope -3/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The lines are not parallel because the slopes are not the same.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lines are not perpendicular because the product of the slopes is not -1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the lines are neither parallel nor perpendicular.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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