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    • 2.7.5: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_I_(2211)/02%3A_Vectors_and_Math_Review_Topics/2.07%3A_Math_Review_of_Other_Topics/2.7.05%3A_Parallel_and_Perpendicular_Lines
      Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given some geometric relationship—for instance, whether the line is parallel or perpendicular to another line. Here the given line has slope \(m=...Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given some geometric relationship—for instance, whether the line is parallel or perpendicular to another line. Here the given line has slope m=12, and the slope of a line parallel is m∥=12. If we try to find the slope of a perpendicular line by finding the opposite reciprocal, we run into a problem: m⊥=−10, which is undefined.
    • 2.6: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_II_(2212)/02%3A_Math_Review/2.06%3A_Parallel_and_Perpendicular_Lines
      Two nonvertical lines in the same plane, with slopes m1 and m2, are parallel if their slopes are the same, m1=m2. Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given s...Two nonvertical lines in the same plane, with slopes m1 and m2, are parallel if their slopes are the same, m1=m2. Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given some geometric relationship—for instance, whether the line is parallel or perpendicular to another line. Here the given line has slope m=12, and the slope of a line parallel is m∥=12.
    • 2.6: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Introductory_Physics_II_(1112)/02%3A_Math_Review/2.06%3A_Parallel_and_Perpendicular_Lines
      Two nonvertical lines in the same plane, with slopes m1 and m2, are parallel if their slopes are the same, m1=m2. Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given s...Two nonvertical lines in the same plane, with slopes m1 and m2, are parallel if their slopes are the same, m1=m2. Often you will be asked to find the equation of a line given some geometric relationship—for instance, whether the line is parallel or perpendicular to another line. Here the given line has slope m=12, and the slope of a line parallel is m∥=12.

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