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Which Slopes Are Negative Reciprocals Of Each Other? 2/3 And -3/2 5 And -5/1 5/1 And -5/1 All Of The Above

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Answer:

2/3 and -3/2

Explanation:

Let's say that 2/3 is the regular fraction:

  • It's reciprocal is 3/2 and its negative counterpart is -3/2.

Similarly, we could start with -3/2:

  • It's reciprocal is -2/3 and the negative version of this (i.e., a negative * a negative) is 2/3.

Therefore, 2/3 and -3/2 are negative reciprocals of each other.

Finding a negative reciprocal algebraically:

Algebraically, you can determine a negative reciprocal of one fraction by multiplying -1 by the quotient of 1 and the fraction.

This is shown by the following formula:

m2 = -1/m1, where

  • m1 is the slope of the line you're given,
  • and m2 is the slope of the line you're trying to find.

Finding the negative reciprocal of 2/3 using the formula:

Since we're already given both slopes, let's pretend that we were only given 2/3 and wanted to find m2 (the negative reciprocal):

m2 = -1 / (2/3)

m2 = -1 * 3/2

m2 = -3/2

Finding the negative reciprocal of -3/2 using the formula:

Now let's pretend that we were only given -3/2 and wanted to find m2 (the negative reciprocal):

m2 = -1 / (-3/2)

m2 = -1 * -2/3

m2 = 2/3

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