Question

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Are these lines perpendicular, parallel, or neither based off their slopes?
6x - 2y = -2
y = 3x + 12
The __ of the slope is __ so the lines are __ .

Answer 1

The lines represented by the given equations are perpendicular to each other.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given equations are:

Equation 1: 6x - 2y = -2

Equation 2: y = 3x + 12

We can determine if the lines represented by these equations are perpendicular, parallel, or neither by comparing their slopes.

The slope of a line can be determined by rearranging the equation into slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), where 'm' is the slope.

Comparing equation 1 and 2, we can see that the slope of equation 1 is -3/1 and the slope of equation 2 is 3/1.

Since the slopes of the lines are negative reciprocals of each other (-3/1 and 1/3), the lines are perpendicular to each other.