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What is a negative reciporcal?

Updated: 10/17/2024
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it is -1 times one divided by the number that you are taking a reciprocal of. Negative reciprocals are very relevant because you have to take the negative reciprocal of the slope (m) in a function to get a perpendicular line. Ex.: y=2x+1 ┴ y=-1/2*x+1

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