Parallel & perpendicular

lines
SLOPE OF LINE

 The tangent of the angle which a line makes with the positive
direction of x axis in anticlockwise direction is called slope of line.

 It is denoted by m .

 m = tan
SLOPE OF PARALLEL LINES

 Two non-vertical lines with slope and are parallel if and only if their
slopes are equal

 =

 tan = tan
SLOPE OF PERPENDICULAR LINES

 Two non-vertical lines with slope are perpendicular iff

= -1
EXAMPLE

 Show That line joining the point (2 , -5 ) and (-2,

5) is perpendicular to the line joining the point
(6,3) and (1,1)
Solution

 Slope of Line through the points (2, -5) and (-2, 5)

 = =

 Slope of Line through the points (6, 3) and (1, 1)

 = =
Solution

 = () . ()

= -1