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Slopes of Lines
what must be true about the slopes of two perpendicular lines,neither of which is vertical
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The slopes of two perpendicular lines must be negative reciprocals of each other. More specifically, if the slopes of two perpendicular lines are m1 and m2, then m1 x m2 = -1.
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