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your friend claims that if a line has a slope that is less than 1, then any line perpendicular to it must have a positive slope. Is your friend correct?
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your friend claims that if a line has a slope that is less than 1, then any line perpendicular to it must have a positive slope. Is your friend correct?

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No.

Explanation:

A line with, say, a slope of 1/2 is still positive. a line with negative 1/2 would be perpendicular

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