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www.dictionary.com said: "vertical; straight up and down; upright. 2. Geometry. meeting a given line or surface at right angles. 3. maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up. 4. having a sharp pitch or slope; steep. 5. (initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to the last style of English Gothic architecture, prevailing from the late 14th through the early 16th century and characterized by the use of predominantly vertical tracery, an overall linear, shallow effect, and fine intricate stonework. -noun 6. a perpendicular line or plane. 7. an instrument for indicating the vertical line from any point. 8. an upright position. 9. a sharply pitched or precipitously steep mountain face. 10. moral virtue or uprightness; rectitude. 11. Nautical. either of two lines perpendicular to the keel line, base line, or designed water line of a vessel." The technical description of a perpendicular line is: "A line that is perpendicular to a line with a slope of X has a slope of -1/X."
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Is the measure of the angle formed by two intersecting perpendicular lines is 90 degrees?
Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.
Do perpendicular lines intersect at right angles?
Yes; that is the definition of perpendicular.
The measure of the angle formed by 2 intersecting perpendicular lines is 90?
Yes, that is the definition of perpendicular.
Do 2 perpendicular lines always form right angles?
By definition, perpendicular lines form right angles.
Do the measure of the angle formed by two intersecting perpendicular lines measure 90 degrees?
Yes. That's one definition of "perpendicular".
