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Your friend says that if two lines have opposite slopes, they are perpendicular. He uses the slopes of 2 and -2 as examples. Do you agree with your friend? Explain.

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Explanation:

Not true....is they are perpendicular the slopes have the relation

m and - 1/m where m is the slope

slope 2 has a perpendicular slope = - 1/2

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