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2.2 Exercise 43

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 (2,5)\left(2 , 5\right) and (5,−1)\left(5 , −1\right)
  2. Line 2: Passes through (−3,7)\left(−3 , 7\right) and (3,−5)\left(3 , −5\right)

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