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in a 50 word response how can you determine if two lines are perpendicular?
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in a 50 word response how can you determine if two lines are perpendicular?
Their gradients have a product of -1.
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Their gradients have a product of -1.
That's only six words (seven if you count ha ha the number).
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That's only six words (seven if you count ha ha the number).
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