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Consider the two equations y=4x+3 and y=-(1)/(4)x-9 Choose the word that best describes the relationship between them. perpendicular neither perpendicular nor parallel parallel

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Final answer:

The relationship between the two given equations is that they are perpendicular to each other.

Step-by-step explanation:

The two given equations are y = 4x + 3 and y = -(1/4)x - 9. To determine the relationship between these equations, we need to compare their slopes.

The slope of the first equation, y = 4x + 3, is 4. The slope of the second equation, y = -(1/4)x - 9, is -(1/4).

Since the slopes are negative reciprocals of each other (i.e., the product of the slopes is -1), the two equations are perpendicular to each other.

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