nina970
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  • 22-11-2019
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If two lines are perpendicular, how are their slopes related?








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sarahacluxton
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  • 22-11-2019

The slopes will be opposite reciprocals.

This means that they will be the opposite sign and the reciprocal.

For example, if the slopes of 2 eqautions are 3 and -1/3, they are perpendicular.

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naenae4191
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  • 22-11-2019

If two lines are perpendicular and neither one is vertical, then one of the lines has a positive slope, and the other has a negative slope. ... Theorem 105: If two nonvertical lines are perpendicular, then their slopes are opposite reciprocals of one another, or the product of their slopes is −1.
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