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Determine if the two lines 7x-3y=-21 and y= "-3/7x+5" are parallel, perpendicular or neither

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Answer:

They are perpendicular!

Explanation:

Get 7x-3y=-21 into y=mx+b format.

7x-3y=-21 Bring 7x to the other side

-3y=7x-21 Divide -3 by both sides, it cancels out on the y's side.

y=-7/3x+7 Two negatives equal a positive, that it why 7 is positive.

y=-7/3x+7 is the line, the other is y=-3/7x+5

The slope of this line is -7/3 , the slope of the given line is -3/7.

Lines are perpendicular if the slopes are opposite reciprocals, such as this.

So, while they intercept at different points on the y-axis, they will intersect at some point! This makes them perpendicular.

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