SOLUTION: write the equations of 2 lines that are perpendicular

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Question 45995: write the equations of 2 lines that are perpendicular
Answer by fractalier(2101) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any two lines which have slopes which are NEGATIVE RECIPROCALS of each other are perpendicular...
Thus
y = (3/5)x + 6 and
y = (-5/3)x - 2
are perpendicular...
so are
y = -7x + 9 and
y = (1/7)x - 3