Two are true, one is not
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- False statement
- Equal slopes means perpendicular
- Statements
- Equal slopes means parallel
- Slopes multiplying to −1 means perpendicular
- Equal slopes means perpendicular
- False statement
- Horizontal lines have undefined slope
- Statements
- Horizontal lines have undefined slope
- Horizontal lines have slope zero
- Vertical lines have undefined slope
- False statement
- That holds at 90 degrees too
- Statements
- Slope equals tan of the angle with the x-axis
- That holds at 90 degrees too
- That fails at 90 degrees
Explanation
The false line swaps the parallel and perpendicular tests. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Straight Lines.