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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Given 3 points in 3-space, intersected by two lines, only one point intersected by both lines, how do I calculate if the lines are perpendicular or not?

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

the line will be perpendicular (orthogonal) when their dot product equals zero

OpenStudy (anonymous):

awesome, thank you so much!!

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

the point that is on the intersection of the lines will be a solution to the equations of both lines simultaneously

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