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Given the equation of two lines how can I distinguish if these lines are parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

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If they are perpendicular, they form a right angle. For example, this is perpendicular:

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If likes are parallel, they run along each other, never meeting. For example, these two lines are parallel:

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