Question

Use slopes and y-intercepts to determine if the lines 5x-5y=-2 and -x+2y=4

Answer 1

The given pair of lines are not perpendicular.

What is a line?

The line is a curve showing the shortest distance between 2 points.

5x - 5y = -2 - - - - - (1)
Transform the equation into standard form,
5x + 2 = 5y
y = 5x /5 + 2/5
y = x + 2/5

The slope of equation 1 is $m_1 = 1$  and intercept c = 2 / 5

Similarly
x + 2y = 4    - - - - - - - -(2)
Transform it into standard form
y = -x/2 + 4 /2
y = -x / 2 + 2

Slope of the equation 2  $m_2$= -1 / 2 and intercept c = 2
Slope of line 1 * slope of line 2 = 1 * -1/2 = -1/2

Since the lines are not perpendicular because the pair of lines does not satisfy the property of perpendicular lines i.e
$m_1*m_2 = -1$

Thus, the given pair of lines are not perpendicular.

Learn more about lines here:

brainly.com/question/2696693

#SPJ1