Equations of parallel and perpendicular lines. So: The first thing I'll do is solve "2x − 3y = 9" for " y=", so that I can find my reference slope: So the reference slope from the reference line is. Where does this line cross the second of the given lines? Since the original lines are parallel, then this perpendicular line is perpendicular to the second of the original lines, too. So I can keep things straight and tell the difference between the two slopes, I'll use subscripts. Put this together with the sign change, and you get that the slope of a perpendicular line is the "negative reciprocal" of the slope of the original line — and two lines with slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other are perpendicular to each other. It's up to me to notice the connection. Recommendations wall.
In other words, to answer this sort of exercise, always find the numerical slopes; don't try to get away with just drawing some pretty pictures. The next widget is for finding perpendicular lines. ) I'll solve for " y=": Then the reference slope is m = 9. So perpendicular lines have slopes which have opposite signs.
Then the full solution to this exercise is: parallel: perpendicular: Warning: If a question asks you whether two given lines are "parallel, perpendicular, or neither", you must answer that question by finding their slopes, not by drawing a picture! Then I can find where the perpendicular line and the second line intersect. Here is a common format for exercises on this topic: They've given me a reference line, namely, 2x − 3y = 9; this is the line to whose slope I'll be making reference later in my work. The distance turns out to be, or about 3. It turns out to be, if you do the math. ] You can use the Mathway widget below to practice finding a perpendicular line through a given point. And they then want me to find the line through (4, −1) that is perpendicular to 2x − 3y = 9; that is, through the given point, they want me to find the line that has a slope which is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the reference line. Share lesson: Share this lesson: Copy link. These slope values are not the same, so the lines are not parallel. This is just my personal preference. Of greater importance, notice that this exercise nowhere said anything about parallel or perpendicular lines, nor directed us to find any line's equation. Now I need a point through which to put my perpendicular line. Note that the distance between the lines is not the same as the vertical or horizontal distance between the lines, so you can not use the x - or y -intercepts as a proxy for distance. Clicking on "Tap to view steps" on the widget's answer screen will take you to the Mathway site for a paid upgrade.
Remember that any integer can be turned into a fraction by putting it over 1. That intersection point will be the second point that I'll need for the Distance Formula. Note that the only change, in what follows, from the calculations that I just did above (for the parallel line) is that the slope is different, now being the slope of the perpendicular line. This is the non-obvious thing about the slopes of perpendicular lines. ) Then I flip and change the sign. Here are two examples of more complicated types of exercises: Since the slope is the value that's multiplied on " x " when the equation is solved for " y=", then the value of " a " is going to be the slope value for the perpendicular line. For instance, you would simply not be able to tell, just "by looking" at the picture, that drawn lines with slopes of, say, m 1 = 1. I start by converting the "9" to fractional form by putting it over "1". 00 does not equal 0. Now I need to find two new slopes, and use them with the point they've given me; namely, with the point (4, −1). Are these lines parallel? Or continue to the two complex examples which follow.
Again, I have a point and a slope, so I can use the point-slope form to find my equation. Then the slope of any line perpendicular to the given line is: Besides, they're not asking if the lines look parallel or perpendicular; they're asking if the lines actually are parallel or perpendicular. This slope can be turned into a fraction by putting it over 1, so this slope can be restated as: To get the negative reciprocal, I need to flip this fraction, and change the sign. Try the entered exercise, or type in your own exercise. I could use the method of twice plugging x -values into the reference line, finding the corresponding y -values, and then plugging the two points I'd found into the slope formula, but I'd rather just solve for " y=". Otherwise, they must meet at some point, at which point the distance between the lines would obviously be zero. ) I'll pick x = 1, and plug this into the first line's equation to find the corresponding y -value: So my point (on the first line they gave me) is (1, 6). Therefore, there is indeed some distance between these two lines. 99 are NOT parallel — and they'll sure as heck look parallel on the picture. Here's how that works: To answer this question, I'll find the two slopes. The distance will be the length of the segment along this line that crosses each of the original lines.
Since slope is a measure of the angle of a line from the horizontal, and since parallel lines must have the same angle, then parallel lines have the same slope — and lines with the same slope are parallel. Since a parallel line has an identical slope, then the parallel line through (4, −1) will have slope. Then click the button to compare your answer to Mathway's. I'll find the values of the slopes. I'll leave the rest of the exercise for you, if you're interested. Since these two lines have identical slopes, then: these lines are parallel. Ah; but I can pick any point on one of the lines, and then find the perpendicular line through that point. To finish, you'd have to plug this last x -value into the equation of the perpendicular line to find the corresponding y -value. If your preference differs, then use whatever method you like best. ) If you visualize a line with positive slope (so it's an increasing line), then the perpendicular line must have negative slope (because it will have to be a decreasing line). But even just trying them, rather than immediately throwing your hands up in defeat, will strengthen your skills — as well as winning you some major "brownie points" with your instructor.
This negative reciprocal of the first slope matches the value of the second slope. They've given me the original line's equation, and it's in " y=" form, so it's easy to find the slope.
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