Because coordinate axes are a means of labeling and displaying mathematical objects, not mathematical objects themselves. Since they are labels, the terms "slope," "continuous," "smooth," etc. don't apply to them.
perpendicular
Perpendicular
If the lines are perpendicular, their slopes are negative reciprocals.If the lines are perpendicular, their slopes are negative reciprocals.If the lines are perpendicular, their slopes are negative reciprocals.If the lines are perpendicular, their slopes are negative reciprocals.
Slopes of line perpendicular to the x-axis are undefined.
To find:The product of the slopes of all 4 sides of rectangle ABCDSolution:Topic(s): Coordinate geometryThe product of the slopes of perpendicular lines = -1.From the sketch above,Answer: (D) 1
I believe they have Negative Slopes as stated by my Geometry Book. "Perpendicular Lines Have Slopes Which Are Negative ___"
Negative reciprocal slopes always represent perpendicular lines.
They are perpendicular if the product of their slopes is -1.
There is no relationship between the slopes of parallel or perpendicular lines and their y-intercepts.
Actually it IS. perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes and parallel lines have the same slope.
Take any two lines and look at their slopes. -- If the slopes are equal, then the lines are parallel. -- If the product of the slopes is -1, then the lines are perpendicular.
The slopes of two perpendicular lines are negative inverses of each other. In other words, the two slopes when multiplied together equal -1.