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The slope of a line is 9. What is the slope of line that is perpendicular to it?
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The slope of a line is 9. What is the slope of line that is perpendicular to it?

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Answer: -1/9

Any slope that is perpendicular to another has the opposite reciprocal of the other slope. This means flipping the slope in a fraction and changing its sign.

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