Understanding the gradients of perpendicular lines.

Rotate the line, and the triangle which defines its gradient, to see why the gradients of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals.

 

Lesley Skipper

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
cowey  gradient  lesley  perpendicular 
Target Group (Age)
3 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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