SOLUTION: The slope of a line is -7/6. What is the slope of any line perpendicular to this line?

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Question 369591: The slope of a line is -7/6. What is the slope of any line perpendicular to this line?
Found 2 solutions by acalgebra, ewatrrr:
Answer by acalgebra(30) About Me  (Show Source):
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Because the slopes of perpendicular lines are opposite reciprocals, the slope of a line perpendicular to a line with a slope of -7%2F6 is 6%2F7.

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Perpendiculars line have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another.

Lines perpendicular to a line with a slope = -7/6 would have slopes = 6/7