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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