Question

What do you know about these two lines?

Answer 1

Answer: Choice C

Explanation:

Refer to the y = mx+b form

• m = slope
• b = y intercept

The slopes are the only thing we focus on. For the equations y = 6x-1 and y = -6x-4, the slopes are 6 and -6 in that order.

The slopes are not equal, so the lines aren't parallel.

The slopes aren't opposite reciprocals of one another, so they aren't perpendicular either. An example of an opposite reciprocal pairing would be 6 and -1/6. Any pair of nonzero opposite reciprocal slopes always multiply to -1.

Therefore, the two lines are neither parallel nor perpendicular, they just intersect.