SOLUTION: Are the two line parallel, perpendicular, or neither? 16x+2y=18; 3y=-24x+45 Show work.

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Question 591572: Are the two line parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
16x+2y=18; 3y=-24x+45
Show work.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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16x+2y=18;
2y= 18-16x
/2
y = 9-8x
y=-8x+9.................(1)

3y=-24x+45
/3
y= -8x+15...............(2)
compare (1) & (2)
slope m= -8 in both so the lines are parallel