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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

The document discusses parallel and perpendicular lines. It defines parallel lines as having the same slope and perpendicular lines as having slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. It provides examples of testing if lines are parallel or perpendicular by comparing their slopes. It also demonstrates how to find the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line passing through a specified point.

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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

The document discusses parallel and perpendicular lines. It defines parallel lines as having the same slope and perpendicular lines as having slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. It provides examples of testing if lines are parallel or perpendicular by comparing their slopes. It also demonstrates how to find the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line passing through a specified point.

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Parallel and Perpendicular

Lines
Parallel Lines
Two lines with the same slope are said to be parallel
lines. If you graph them they will never intersect.
We can decide algebraically if two lines are parallel by
finding the slope of each line and seeing if the slopes are
equal to each other.
We can find the equation of a line parallel to a given line
and going through a given point by:
a.) first finding the slope m of the given line;
b.) finding the equation of the line through the given
point with slope m.
Testing if Lines are Parallel
Are the lines 12 x 3 y 9 and -8 x 2 y 14 parallel?

Find the slope of 12 x 3 y 9 The slope m = -4


3 y 12 x 9
y 4 x 3

Find the slope of 8 x 2 y 14 The slope m = -4


2 y 8 x 14
y 4 x 7
Since the slopes are equal the lines are parallel.
Graphs of Parallel Lines

The red line is the graph of


y = 4x 3
and the blue line is the graph of
y = 4x 7
Practice Testing if Lines are
Parallel
Are the lines 6 x 3 y 5 and 2 y 4 x 4 parallel? (click mouse for answer)
6x 3y 5 2 y 4 x 4 Since the slopes are different
3 y 6 x 5 y 2 x 2 the lines are not parallel.
y 2x 5 m 2
3
m2
Are the lines x 2 y 4 and 2 x 4 y 12 parallel? (click mouse for answer)
x 2y 4 2 x 4 y 12
Since the slopes are equal
2 y x 4 4 y 2 x 12 the lines are parallel.
y 1 x 3
y 1 x2 2
2
m 1
m 1 2
2
Constructing Parallel Lines
Find the equation of a line going through the point (3, -5) and
parallel to y 2 x 8
3

Using the point-slope equation where the slope m = -2/3


and
the point is (3, -5) we get y 5 2 x 3
3
y 5 2 x2
3
y 2 x3
3
Practice Constructing Parallel
Lines
Find the equation of the line going through the point (4,1) and
parallel to y 3x 7 (click mouse for answer)
y 1 3 x 4
y 1 3 x 12
y 3 x 13
Find the equation of the line going through the point (-2,7) and
parallel to 2 x y 8 (click mouse for answer)
y 7 2 x 2
y 7 2 x 2
y 7 2 x 4
y 2 x 3
Perpendicular Lines
Perpendicular lines are lines that intersect in a right angle.
We can decide algebraically if two lines are perpendicular by finding
the slope of each line and seeing if the slopes are negative
reciprocals of each other. This is equivalent to multiplying the two
slopes together and seeing if their product is 1.
We can find the equation of a line perpendicular to a given line and
going through a given point by:
a.) first finding the slope m of the given line;
b.) finding the equation of the line through the given point with
slope = 1 /m.
Testing if Lines Are
Perpendicular
1
Are the lines 2 x y 5 and y x 4 perpendicular?
2
Find the slope of 2 x y 5 m 2
y 2 x 5

1 1
Find the slope of y x 4 m
2 2

Since the slopes are negative reciprocals of each other the lines
are perpendicular. 1
2 1
2
Graphs of Perpendicular Lines

The red line is the graph of


y = 2x + 5
and the blue line is the
graph of
y = 1/2 x +4
Practice Testing if Lines Are
Perpendicular
Are the lines 6 x 3 y 5 and 2 y 4 x 4 perpendicular?
6x 3y 5 2 y 4 x 4 Since the slopes are not
3 y 6 x 5 y 2 x 2 negative reciprocals of
y 2x 5 m 2 each other (their product
3 is not -1) the lines are
m2 not perpendicular
Are the lines x 2 y 4 and 4 x 2 y 6 perpendicular?
4x 2 y 6
x 2y 4 Since the slopes are
2 y x 4 2 y 4 x 6 negative reciprocals of
y 2 x 3 each other (their
y 1 x2
2 m 2 product is -1) the lines
m 1 are perpendicular.
2
Constructing Perpendicular
Lines
Find the equation of a line going through the point (3, -5) and
perpendicular to y 2 x 8
3

The slope of the perpendicular line will be m = 3/2 Using


the point-slope equation where the slope m = 3/2 and
the point is (3, -5) we get
y 5
2
3 x 3

y5 3 x 9
2 2
y 3 x 19
2 2
Practice Constructing
Perpendicular Lines
Find the equation of the line going through the point (4,1) and
perpendicular to y 3x 7 (click mouse for answer)
3
y 1 1 x 4

y 1 1 x 4
3 3
y 1 x 1
3 3
Find the equation of the line going through the point (-2,7) and
perpendicular to 2 x y 8 (click mouse for answer)
y 7 1 x 2
2
y 7 1 x 2
2
y 7 1 x 1
2
y 1 x 8
2

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