document.write( "Question 1136512: Are these pairs of lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
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document.write( "Line 1: (8,-10) and (0,-26)
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document.write( "Line 2: (2,5) and (4,4) \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #754263 by Boreal(15235) You can put this solution on YOUR website! slopes are needed \n" ); document.write( "for line 1 it is -26-(-10) divided by 0-8, and that is -16/-8 or 2 \n" ); document.write( "for line 2 it is 4-5 divided by 4-2 and that is -1/2 \n" ); document.write( "2 and -1/2 are negative reciprocals of one another. The lines are perpendicular\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y+26=2x \n" ); document.write( "y=2x-26 \n" ); document.write( "y-4=(-1/2)(x-4) \n" ); document.write( "y=(-1/2)x+6 \n" ); document.write( " |