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How are the slopes of parallel lines and perpendicular lines related?

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Explanation:

Slope of parallel lines = m

Slope of the perpendicular lines = -1/m

User Dennis Kreminsky
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Answer:

Let's see what you can do with parallel and perpendicular. In other words, the slopes of parallel lines are equal. Note that two lines are parallel if their slopes are equal and they have different y-intercepts. In other words, perpendicular slopes are negative reciprocals of each other

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