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\n" ); document.write( "Determine whether the lines y-4=3x and 2y-6x=8 are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
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document.write( "Write equations for both lines in the form y = ax + b.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the first line, this equation is  y = 3x + 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the second line, this equation is y = 3x + 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you see that the equations for both lines are identical, so, the lines coincide.\r\n" );
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document.write( "They are neither parallel nor perpendicular.    <<<---===  ANSWER\r\n" );
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