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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to line q?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

slope of a line perpendicular is the negative recipricol of that slope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do i know what the recipricol is

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

THE SLOPE OF q is -1/3 so you need to calculate negative reciprocal of -1/3

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

reciprical of a is 1/a

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so if the slope is -1/3 the answer to the question would be 1/3 or was -1/3 the answer

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

negative reciprocal of a is -1/a

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

substituting -1/3 for a we have |dw:1416445002351:dw|

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

can you work that out?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the answer is A. Yes or No?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

no you get the answer by dividing -1 by -1/3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you :)

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

|dw:1416445154649:dw|

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