SOLUTION: find slope of -4x +5y =10 and slope of 3x + 4y = 0 are they perpendicular, parallel or neither

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Question 953655: find slope of -4x +5y =10 and slope of 3x + 4y = 0
are they perpendicular, parallel or neither
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find slope of -4x +5y =10 and slope of 3x + 4y = 0
are they perpendicular, parallel or neither
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-4x +5y =10
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Solve for y.
You get y = mx + b
The slope is the coefficient of x, m = slope.
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If the 2 slopes are the same, they're parallel.
If m1 = -1/m2 they're perpendicular.