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These lines are
perpendicular.
(They form a
angle.)
So, what's going on
with the slopes?

Notice that they are
inverses
but the signs are different |
A typical math
book would say:

But this is
easier:
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You flip it over
and change the sign --
That's how you get the slopes of
perpendicular lines.
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