SOLUTION: 1. If a line is horizontal, what is true of any line that is perpendicular to it? 2.What is wrong with the statement "The line has no slope"?

SOLUTION: 1. If a line is horizontal, what is true of any line that is perpendicular to it? 2.What is wrong with the statement "The line has no slope"?

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Question 104151: 1. If a line is horizontal, what is true of any line that is perpendicular to it?
2.What is wrong with the statement "The line has no slope"?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. Any line perpendicular to a horizontal line would always be a vertical line.
2. All lines have a slope. The slope may be equal to zero but it still has a slope.
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