Tell whether the lines for each pair of equations are parallel, perpendicular, or neither. y = -1/6x - 5 24x - 4y =12

Answer 1

The lines are perpendicular to each other because the criteria for two lines to be perpendicular to each other is that their slopes are the negative reciprocals of each other.

If we rearrange the second equation and solve for y, we get y = 6x -3. The negative reciprocal of the slope, 6, is -1/6 which is the slope of the first equation.