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by moneyman » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:09 am
In the xy plane, line k passes through the point (1,1) and line m passes through the point (1,-1).Are line k and m perpendicular to each other??

(1) Line k and m intersect at the point (1,-1)

(2) Line k intersects the x-axis at the point (1,0)

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by jayhawk2001 » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:06 pm
Is it E?

You need slope of line K and M to check if they are perpendicular.

Using (1) you can find the slope of line K but we don't know slope of
line M. So, insufficient.

Using (2), again you don't know the slope of line M

Using (1) and (2), no info on line M. Hence insufficient
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by moneyman » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:17 pm
Yes the answer is E.

Jayhawk can you tell me why statement 1 is not sufficient??
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