Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Linear Functions - 1.1 Slopes and Equations of Lines - 1.1 Exercises - Page 13: 38

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Work Step by Step

The slope of the first diagonal is $m_1 = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x} = \frac{-1 -5}{4 - (-2)} = \frac{-6}{6} = -1$ The slope of the second diagonal is $m_2 = \frac{5 - (-1)}{4 - (-2)} = \frac{6}{6} = 1$. For two lines to be perpendicular we must have $m_2 = \frac{-1}{m_1}$. The slopes calculated fulfill this equation: $1 = \frac{-1}{-1}$ and thus the diagonals are perpendicular.
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