How do you construct a perpendicular?

Similarly one may ask, how do you construct a perpendicular line?

First, put the equation of the line givenintoslope-intercept form by solving for y. You get y = 2x+5, sothe slope is –2. Perpendicular lineshaveopposite-reciprocal slopes, so the slope of the line wewantto find is 1/2. Plugging in the point given into the equation y=1/2x + b and solving for b, we get b = 6.

Additionally, how do you know if lines are parallel or perpendicular? If the slopes are the same and they-interceptsare different, the lines are parallel. Ifthe slopesare different, the lines are not parallel.Unlikeparallel lines, perpendicular lines dointersect.Their intersection forms a right, or 90-degree,angle.

Beside above, what is perpendicular example?

Parallel lines are lines in a plane that are alwaysthesame distance apart. Parallel lines neverintersect.Perpendicular lines are lines that intersect at aright (90degrees) angle.

What is the symbol for perpendicular?

Table of symbols in geometry:

Symbol	Symbol Name	Meaning / definition
⊥	perpendicular	perpendicular lines (90° angle)
∥	parallel	parallel lines
≅	congruent to	equivalence of geometric shapes and size
~	similarity	same shapes, not same size