SOLUTION: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through (4,0) and (-6,1)

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Question 1186804: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through (4,0) and (-6,1)
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Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through (4,0) and (-6,1)
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Find the slope of the line thru the 2 points.
Call it m1.
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The slope of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse, -1/m1