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Are the graphs of y = -4x + 14 and -x + 4y = 14 parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

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Answer:

Perpendicular

Explanation:

the equation -x + 4y = 14 written in slope intercept form would be

y = 1/4x + 7/2, the slope in this equation is the opposite reciprocal of the slope -4 in the other equation hence making the lines perpendicular.

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