SOLUTION: Tell whether the lines with the given slopes are parallel, perpendicular, or neither. m1 = 3 m2 = 1/3

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Question 815273: Tell whether the lines with the given slopes are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
m1 = 3
m2 = 1/3
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Neither.  In order to be perpendicular, one slope must be the 
reciprocal of the other WITH THE OPPOSITE SIGN!!!

If the slopes had been 3 and -1/3, or -3 and 1/3 they would have been
perpendicular.  But these are neither because one slope is just the 
reciprocal of the other, the sign is not changed.

Answer: neither.

Edwin