Another ? for ya...

ToOtSiE_PoP

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Ok..when the question says to find the slope of a line perpindicular to each line..like y=4x+7, do I simply write the reciprocal, 1/4?
 
Close, its the negative of the reciprocal. Think about a slope of 1. The perpendicular would have slope -1, not 1.
 
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