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Draw the graphs of 3x - 2 = 0 and 2y – 1 = 0. Do these lines intersect? What relationship do you observe between these lines?

3x - 2  =  0
       x  =  2/3 = 0.7
2y – 1 = 0
        y = 1/2
Line y = ½ and x = 2/3 are perpendicular to each other.

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