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OpenStudy (perii224):

PLEASE HELP WILL MEDAL Line L passes through the points (1, 5) and (5, 8). What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to line L?

Mehek (mehek14):

First find the slope of Line L \(\dfrac{8-5}{5-1}\)

OpenStudy (perii224):

3/4 Love your profile pic, btw!

Mehek (mehek14):

thanks :) now perpendicular lines are negative reciprocal so negative and then find the reciprocal of 3/4

OpenStudy (perii224):

Np! :) So. 4/3?

Mehek (mehek14):

Negative

Mehek (mehek14):

\(-\dfrac{4}{3}\)

OpenStudy (perii224):

Oh okay! So that's the answer?

Mehek (mehek14):

What I put ^^

OpenStudy (perii224):

Ok, thank you! :)

Mehek (mehek14):

yw ^_^

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