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1. Describe the slope of a vertical line and state the general equation.2. How are the slopes of parallel lines related?3. How are the slopes of perpendicular lines related?4. What is the equation of a line that crosses the y-axis at 3 and has a slope of 4?5. What is the standard form for a linear equation?

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1) Slope of a vertical line = Undefined

This is because a vertical line does not have a change in the x - axis, that is,

△x = 0

Slope = △y / △x

Slope = △y / 0

Slope = Undefined.

2) The slopes of parallel lines are the equal.

When two lines are parallel, they have equal slope.

3) The product of the slopes of two perpendicular lines equals -1

This means that two perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other

4) The slope - Intercept relation of the equaltion of a line is:

y = mx + c

The y - intercept, c = 3

slope, m = 4

y = 4x + 3

5) The standard form for a linear equation is:

Ax + By = C

where A, B, and C are constants.

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