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  • 24-05-2017
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Line n passes through points (7, 12) and (4, 15). What is the slope of a line that
is perpendicular to line n?

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n36reeves
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  • 24-05-2017
So anytime we have a slope and want to find the slope of a perpendicular line, we just have to remember a perpendicular line's slope is the negative reciprocal (reciprocal means flip the fraction). So if we had a slope of 3/4, the slope perpendicular to it would be - 4/3.


First we need to find our slope, to do this we take the change in y over the change in x like so:

(15-12)/(4-7) = - 3/4

The slope perpendicular to this is 4/3.
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