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Two lines are perpendicular and slope of the red line is -7, what the slope of the green line?

User Mattyb
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It would be 1/7. Two lines are perpendicular to each other if their product is -1


-7(1/7) = -1

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User Jane
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Well the lines are perpendicular so the slope would be the opposite reciprocal. So he other lines slope would be positive 1 over 7
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