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Determine if JK and LM are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.

The slope of JK is -4
The slope of LM is 1/4

Determine if JK and LM are parallel, perpendicular, or neither. The slope of JK is-example-1
User Tarekahf
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Answer:

neither

Explanation:

using (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) you get the actual slopes which are JK = 3/2 and LM = -3/2

since they are neither the same (parallel), opposite reciprocals (perpendicular), they are neither parallel nor perpendicular

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