one is the negative reciprocal of the other; that is if the slope of one line is 2, the other is -1/2
can a line have two slopes
A straight line cannot have two slopes. A curve, however, might have a different slope at every different point.
In geometric terms, a line can have only one slope. if there is more than one slope, it is not a line, it is multiple lines or a second (or higher) order graphical representation of a function in two dimensional space.
a verticla line
Slopes of perpendicular lines will be opposite reciprocals. This means that the slopes have opposite signs and that one is 1/ the other. For example, 2 and -1/2.
If two lines are parallel, they have the same slope.(And if they are perpendicular, the product of their slopes is minus one - unless one line is horizontal and the other vertical.)
-2. Slopes of parallel lines are the same. If the lines are different it is the intercedpt that is different.
Slopes of line perpendicular to the x-axis are undefined.
They are the negative reciprocal of each other. Fo rexample, if a line has slope = +2, then the line perpendicular to it has slope -1/2
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The slopes of perpendicular lines are reciprocals of each other. For example. if one line had an equation like y= 2x+4 then the perpendicular's slope would be y=x/2+4 -- they are reciprocals of each other.
if slope is given as m then perpendicular slope is -1/m (negative inverse)
Yes it can, but it would not then be a straight line but an angle.
One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.
Slopes of parallel lines have the same slope (they are changing at the same rate).Slopes of perpendicular lines have slopes that are the negative inverse of each other, that is, their product is -1. (The slope of a vertical line is therefore undetermined, not infinity. There is no slope s that times 0 equals -1.)---Let m1 be the slope of line one and m2 be the slope of line two. Then:If the lines are parallel, then their slopes are equal, so m1 - m2 = 0.If the lines are perpendicular, then their slopes are negative inverses of each other, so= m1 - (-1/m1)= m1 + 1/m1= (m12 + 1)/m1
Only by coincidence. Two lines on a graph are perpendicular if and only if one slope is the negative reciprocal of the other: meaning that if one line has a slope of 3/2, the other would have to have a gradient of -2/3.