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2.2 Exercise 39

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use the descriptions of each pair of lines given below to find the slopes of Line 1 and Line 2. Is each pair of lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

  1. Line 1: Passes through (−8,−55)\left(−8 , −55\right) and (10,89)\left(10 , 89\right)
  2. Line 2: Passes through (9,−44)\left(9 , −44\right) and (4,−14)\left(4 , −14\right)

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