Parallel lines and Perpendicular Lines

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What are parallel lines?

Back

Parallel lines are lines in a plane that never meet. They have the same slope.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

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What are perpendicular lines?

Back

Perpendicular lines are lines that intersect at a right angle (90 degrees).

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

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If two lines have slopes m1 and m2, when are they perpendicular?

Back

Two lines are perpendicular if m1 * m2 = -1 (their slopes are negative reciprocals).

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What is the slope of a line in the equation y = mx + b?

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The slope (m) is the coefficient of x, representing the steepness of the line.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

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What is the slope of the line y = -2/3x + 2?

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The slope is -2/3.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

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What is the slope of the line y = 3/2x + 9?

Back

The slope is 3/2.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

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Are the lines y = -2/3x + 2 and y = 3/2x + 9 parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

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They are perpendicular.

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Are the lines y = 3/2x + 2 and y = 2/3x + 6 parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

Back

They are neither.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

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Are the lines y = 5/7x + 2 and y = 5/7x - 30 parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

Back

They are parallel.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

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What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to x = 4 and passes through (-2, 3)?

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The equation is y = 3.