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The product of the slopes of two lines is -1. The lines are _____.

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When the slope of two lines are multiplicative and additive inverses of each other, their products give -1.

They are perpendicular

We will draw a schematic to illustrate this point.

From the schematic above, it can be clearly seen that line A has a positive gradient and B is a negative gradient.

Their gradients are additive and multiplicative inverses of each other. They are perpendicular.

The product of the slopes of two lines is -1. The lines are _____.-example-1
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