document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=852500>Question 852500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Explain why are the following lines perpendicular y= -4 over 5x +7 and y= 5 over 4x -12 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "They're perpendicular because the angle at the intersection is 90 degs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean to ask what indicates that, the slopes are negative inverses, or the product of their slopes = -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m1 * m2 = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m1 = -1/m2<BR>\n" );
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