Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes

Slopes of parallel lines are...

• opposite reciprocals.
• opposites.
• identical.
• always 7.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

• opposite reciprocals.
• opposites.
• identical.
• always 7.

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to a line with slope ^-6/₅ ?

• ^-6/₅
• ^-5/6
• ⁵/₆
• ^-4/₃

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 5?

• 5

• 1/5

• -1/5

• -5

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

• y-intercept

• measurement

• slope

• nothing

What slope is parallel to m=3/4?

• 3/4

• -3/4

• -4/3

• 4/3

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What slope is perpendicular to m=-1/4?

• 1/4

• -1/4

• 4

• -4

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

Which slope would be parallel to y=3x - 4?

• m=3

• m=-1/3

• m=-4

• m=1/4

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Which slope would be perpendicular to the line y = 2/3x + 3?

• m=2/3

• m=3

• m=-3/2

• m=-1/3

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1