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Determine if the lines are parallel, perpendicular, or neither 10x+5y=-5 and y=-2x+6

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If they are parallel they will have the same slope , m

So in y = mx + c, if there are two equations which both have the same m value they will be parallel.
If the lines are perpendicular they'll have slopes like this: 1/2 to -2/1 - where they flip and a negative gets added.

In the equations: 10x + 5y = -5 , and y = -2x + 6
We can rearrange 10x + 5y = -5 to be in the form y = mx + c
10x + 5y = -5
5y = -5 - 10x
y = -1 - 2x
y = -2x - 1

Since y = -2x - 1 and y = -2x + 6 both have the same slope of -2 they are parallel!

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