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cokefree
Jan26-04, 11:00 PM
Could some tell me whats the other way you could find if lines are perpendicular, other than graphing. I know another way to do it, and its algebracaly, but theres another way you could do it algebracaly too.

himanshu121
Jan27-04, 01:11 AM
Find the slope for the two lines
Their product should be equal to -1 if the lines are perpendicular

selfAdjoint
Jan27-04, 09:07 AM
Form a unit vector along each line, with components. Then do an inner product of the vectors to see if it's zero. Same work in a different dress.