Algebra 1: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281140
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-114-9

Chapter 11 - Rational Expressions and Functions - Common Core Cumulative Standards Review - Vocabulary Builder - Page 720: B

Answer

perpendicular

Work Step by Step

Two lines are perpendicular if their slopes are negative reciprocals of each other. For two lines with slopes $m_1$ and $m_2$, this means: $$ m_1 = \frac{1}{-m_2}$$
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