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8 Parallel and Perpendicular LInes PDF

Parallel lines have the same slope and will never intersect. Perpendicular lines intersect at right angles, and the slopes of perpendicular lines are opposite reciprocals. To determine if two linear functions are parallel or perpendicular without graphs, you can check if their slopes are equal for parallel lines or opposite reciprocals for perpendicular lines.

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8 Parallel and Perpendicular LInes PDF

Parallel lines have the same slope and will never intersect. Perpendicular lines intersect at right angles, and the slopes of perpendicular lines are opposite reciprocals. To determine if two linear functions are parallel or perpendicular without graphs, you can check if their slopes are equal for parallel lines or opposite reciprocals for perpendicular lines.

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Parallel & Perpendicular

Lines

1
Parallel Lines
 Parallel lines ( ):
 Parallel lines have the same slope and will
never intersect

 Example: Write an equation for a line


parallel to y = ½x + 2.
2
Practice Finding Parallel Lines
 y = 3x – 2  2x + 6y = 12

 y = 6x  -10x – 8y = 3

3
Write an equation for a line parallel to
the equation & passes through (2, -3).
2
 . y  x 3  x – 4y = 8
5

4
Perpendicular Lines
 Perpendicular lines (  ):
 Perpendicular lines are lines that intersect at right
angles. If you multiply the slopes of
two perpendicular lines in the plane, you get −1 .
That is, the slopes of perpendicular lines are
opposite reciprocals.

 Example: Write an equation for a line


perpendicular to y = ½x – 7.
5
Practice Finding Perpendicular Lines
 f(x) = 2x + 7  2x + y = 2

 y = 2x  7x – 3y = 5

6
Write an equation perpendicular to the
given equation & passes through (1, -4).

 y=1/2 x + 6  2x + 4y = -4

7
Summary
 How can we tell when Thinking question:
two linear functions
 How would you be
are parallel without
looking at the
able to determine
graphs? if two linear
 How can we tell when functions in
two linear functions standard from is
are perpendicular parallel or
without looking at the perpendicular?
graphs?

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