SOLUTION: if a line has a gradient of 5/2 what will the gradient be of a perpendicular line be if a line has a gradient of 5/2 what will the gradient be of a parallel line be

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Question 760317: if a line has a gradient of 5/2 what will the gradient be of a perpendicular line be
if a line has a gradient of 5/2 what will the gradient be of a parallel line be

Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slopes of perpendicular lines have a product of -1. So can write:



Parallel lines have the same slope:


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