document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127454>Question 127454</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tell whether the lines are \"parallel\", \"perpendicular\", or \"niether.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-9y=19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27x+12y=19 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #93372 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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=93372\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Finding the slope will answer these questions using the line formula Y=mX +b. Where (m)=slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-9y=19 or -9y=-3x+19 or y=-3x/-9+19/-9 or y=x/3-19/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This line has a slope of (1/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27x+12y=19 or 12y=-27x+19 or y=-27x/12+19/12 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This line has a slope of (-27/12).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seeing as these slopes are neither = nor a negative reciprocal of each other. Then these lines are neither perpendicular nor parallel.<BR>\n" );
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