SOLUTION: lines a and b are perpendicular. The slope of line a is given. What is the slope of line b?
3/4
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Question 57883: lines a and b are perpendicular. The slope of line a is given. What is the slope of line b?
3/4
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lines a and b are perpendicular. The slope of line a is given. What is the slope of line b?
3/4
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other, so change the slope's sign and flip it over.
:
The slope of a=3/4
Then the slope of b=-4/3
Happy Calculating!!!
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