Thursday, March 19, 2015

Verify if the lines 2x-y+2=0 and x+y-4=0 are perpendicular.

We'll put both given lines in the point slope
form:


y = mx + n, where m is the slope and n is y
intercept.


y = 2x + 2


y = -x +
4


If 2 lines are perpendicular, the product of their slopes
is -1.


Comparing the given lines with the point slope form
of the line, we'll gather the facts that m1 = 2 and m2 =
-1.


We'll multiply m1 by m2 and we'll
get:


2*(-1) =
-2


Since the result is different from -1,
then the lines are not perpendicular.

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