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Line A is perpendicular to Line B.
If the slope of Line A is 7 What is the slope of Line B ?

Line A is perpendicular to Line B. If the slope of Line A is 7 What is the slope of-example-1

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perpendicular equations have negative reciprocal slopes. All that means is " flip " the slope and change the sign. That means if the slope of line A is 7 (or 7/1), then the slope of line B is......" flip the slope ".....1/7.....and change the sign..
-1/7 <== slope of line B
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