Matthew Soon's answer to A's Junior College 2 H2 Maths Singapore question.

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Matthew Soon
Matthew Soon's answer
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Remember for part (i),
When you have two perpendicular lines, the product of their gradients is -1.

i.e.
given y1= m1.x1 + c1 and y2= m2.x2 + c2 are perpendicular to each other,

m1 x m2 = -1
Matthew Soon
Matthew Soon
3 years ago
One more thing:

Always substitute the values of the coordinates (x,y) back into your answer to quickly check if you got it right