SOLUTION: Want to know if the equation is parallel line, perpendicular or neither: 3x-8y=14 32x+12y=14

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Question 469777: Want to know if the equation is parallel line, perpendicular or neither: 3x-8y=14
32x+12y=14
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x-8y=14
8y=3x-14
/8
y=3x/8-14/8
Slope m1 = 3/8
...
32x+12y=14
12y= -32x +14
/12
y= -8x/3 +14/12
slope m2 = -8/3
m1*m2= -8/3*3/8 = -1
m1m2 =-1
so they are perpendicular