Answer:
They are not parallel because their slopes are not equal
Step-by-step explanation:
From the diagram attached, The line PQ has point P at (-5, 3) and point Q at (5, 1).
For line RS, point R is at (-4, -2) and point S is at (0, -4).
Two lines AB and CD are said to be parallel to each other if they have the same slope, i.e if the slope of AB is m1 and the slope of CD is m2, m1 = m2. When two lines are parallel, they can never intersect.
The slope (m) of of a line given two points on the line is calculated using:
[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]
For line PQ has point P at (-5, 3) and point Q at (5, 1), the slope is given as:
[tex]m_1=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{1-3}{5-(-5)}=-\frac{1}{5}\\[/tex]
For line RS, point R is at (-4, -2) and point S is at (0, -4), the slope is given as:
[tex]m_2=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{-4-(-2)}{0-(-2)}=-1[/tex]
Since the slope of PQ (-1/5) and the slope of line RS (-1) are not equal, therefore the lines are not parallel
