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OpenStudy (queenof17):

The slope of a line that is perpendicular to a line whose slope is -2/7 is -2/7 -7/2 7/2

OpenStudy (aveline):

To find a perpendicular line, find the negative reciprocal of the given line.

OpenStudy (queenof17):

is that -7/2?

OpenStudy (aveline):

That's the reciprocal. We need to find the negative reciprocal, which is 7/2 (notice that two negatives cancel each other out)

OpenStudy (photon336):

It's the Negative reciprocal of the slope of your original line

OpenStudy (queenof17):

Right, so am all I doing basically is flipping it around and making them both positive??

OpenStudy (queenof17):

@Aveline

OpenStudy (aveline):

You pretty much flip the fraction and multiply by -1

OpenStudy (queenof17):

okay, thank you soo much!!

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