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Find the slopes of the lines that passes through the given points. Then determine if the two lines are parallel or perpendicular or neither.

The line passing through the points (8,5) and (7,3).
The line passing through the points (6,-8) and (4,-7).
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Slope of line 1: m1 = (3 − 5)/(7 − 8) = −2/−1 = 2.
Slope of line 2: m2 = (−7 − (−8))/(4 − 6) = 1/−2 = −1/2.
Since m1 · m2 = 2 · (−1/2) = −1, the lines are perpendicular.