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It means that a line meets another line at right angles or 90 degrees

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What is the slope of perpendicular line y-13x?

If you mean y = -13x then the slope of the line perpendicular to it is 1/13


What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation y 6x 2?

If you mean: y = 6x+2 then its perpendicular line is -1/6


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If you mean: y = 6x+2 then its perpendicular line is -1/6.


What does it mean for something to be perpendicular?

For two items (Planes, lines, line segments, ect.) to be perpendicular that means that they meet at a 90 degree angle. Perpendicularity is denoted by the ⊥ symbol. For example line AB ⊥ line CD would mean that the line AB would be perpendicular to the line CD.


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If you mean: y = 5x-2 then the perpendicular slope is -1/5


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If you mean: y = 4x+2 then the line perpendicular to it will have a slope of -1/4


What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation y 4x 5?

If you mean: y = 4x+5 then the perpendicular slope is -1/4


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If you mean: y = -2x+17 then the perpendicular slope line is 1/2 or 0.5


A line that is at a right angle to another line?

Perpendicular line.


A transverse line. Does transverse mean the same thing as perpendicular?

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What dos perpendicular mean?

Two lines are said to be perpendicular when they are at right angles. That means that the angle between them is 90 degrees.There are other meanings of perpendicular; for example, a line is said to be perpendicular to a plane when it is perpendicular to EVERY line of the plane that goes through the intersection.


What line is perpendicular to a vertical line?

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