Determine if a line is perpendicular, parallel, or neither

Audrey Mckee

Audrey Mckee

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2022-09-10

Determine if a line is perpendicular, parallel, or neither

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Caiden Li

Caiden Li

Beginner2022-09-11Added 17 answers

Say we have the two lines:
Line 1 : y = m 1 x + c 1
Line 2 : y = m 2 x + c 2

If m 1 = m 2 then the lines are parallel, since they both have the same rate of change and therefore will never cross.

If m 1 m 2 = - 1 then they are perpendicular.

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