What do you know about these two lines? y = 6x - 1
y = -6x - 4

A: The lines are parallel because their slopes are the same.
B: The lines are perpendicular because the slopes are opposites reciprocals
C: The lines are neither parallel nor perpendicular, they just intersect.

Explanation:

Refer to the y = mx+b form

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.

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step-by-step explanation:

simplifying

5(x + -6) = 2(x + 3)

reorder the terms:

5(-6 + x) = 2(x + 3)

(-6 * 5 + x * 5) = 2(x + 3)

(-30 + 5x) = 2(x + 3)

reorder the terms:

-30 + 5x = 2(3 + x)

-30 + 5x = (3 * 2 + x * 2)

-30 + 5x = (6 + 2x)

solving

-30 + 5x = 6 + 2x

solving for variable 'x'.

move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

add '-2x' to each side of the equation.

-30 + 5x + -2x = 6 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 5x + -2x = 3x

-30 + 3x = 6 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 2x + -2x = 0

-30 + 3x = 6 + 0

-30 + 3x = 6

add '30' to each side of the equation.

-30 + 30 + 3x = 6 + 30

combine like terms: -30 + 30 = 0

0 + 3x = 6 + 30

3x = 6 + 30

combine like terms: 6 + 30 = 36

3x = 36

divide each side by '3'.

x = 12

simplifying

x = 12

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