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What is the formula for Perpendicular Slope?
Line a with a slope perpendicular to that of line b has a slope that is the negative reciprocal of line b's. So basically the negative reciprocal.
What is the slope of a perpendicular line is always?
The negative reciprocal of the slope of the line to which it is perpendicular.
What is an equation of a line that passes through the point 0 5 and has a negative slope?
If you mean a slope of -1 then it is: y = -x+5
Determine the slope of the line perpendicular to the line whose slope is 5?
Negative 0.2
Can two lines with a negative slope be perpendicular?
NoIf the slope of a given line is x, than the slope of the line perpendicular to the first line is 1/-x. So if the first slope is negative, the second will be positive, and vice versa.
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