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Melvyn
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Perpendicular lines?
determine the equation of the line that is perpendicular to y = a x +b at x=c
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- 6 years ago
y = (-1/a)x + b
To find perpendicular lines you simply need to take the slope (in this case, a), and evaluate the negative reciprocal of it, holding everything else constant.
Ex: if y = (2)x, the line forming a perpendicular line to it would be y = (-1/2)x
- Anonymous6 years ago
Do your homework yourself !!
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