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Find parallel and perpendicular slopes

Grade 9 math · Fieldbook Learning

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Perpendicular slopes are negative reciprocals; parallel slopes are equal.

  1. A line is perpendicular to y = −x − 1. What is its slope?
  2. A line is perpendicular to y = −4x − 5. What is its slope?
  3. A line is perpendicular to y = −x + 9. What is its slope?
  4. A line is perpendicular to y = 4x + 3. What is its slope?
  5. A line is perpendicular to y = −2x − 1. What is its slope?
  6. A line is perpendicular to y = 3x − 2. What is its slope?
  7. A line is perpendicular to y = −4x + 10. What is its slope?
  8. A line is perpendicular to y = −x − 3. What is its slope?
  9. A line is perpendicular to y = −7x − 4. What is its slope?
  10. A line is perpendicular to y = −9x + 10. What is its slope?
  11. A line is perpendicular to y = 3x − 7. What is its slope?
  12. A line is perpendicular to y = 8x + 5. What is its slope?
  13. A line is perpendicular to y = x + 2. What is its slope?
  14. A line is perpendicular to y = 12x + 1. What is its slope?
  15. A line is perpendicular to y = −8x + 1. What is its slope?
  16. A line is perpendicular to y = −4x + 6. What is its slope?
  17. A line is perpendicular to y = −9x − 5. What is its slope?
  18. A line is perpendicular to y = −11x + 10. What is its slope?
  19. A line is perpendicular to y = −19x − 2. What is its slope?
  20. A line is perpendicular to y = −7x + 1. What is its slope?
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Answer key: Find parallel and perpendicular slopes

  1. 1
  2. 1/4
  3. 1
  4. -1/4
  5. 1/2
  6. -1/3
  7. 1/4
  8. 1
  9. 1/7
  10. 1/9
  11. -1/3
  12. -1/8
  13. -1
  14. -1/12
  15. 1/8
  16. 1/4
  17. 1/9
  18. 1/11
  19. 1/19
  20. 1/7