document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=106440>Question 106440</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073016020/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L1 with equation x-3y = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L2 with equation 3x+y = 3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #77450 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=77450\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> putting the equations into slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) shows the slopes directly\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slopes are 1/3 and -3 ... negative reciprocals (this is a BIG hint) </SPAN>\n" );
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