How do you determine the equation of a line that is perpendicular to another?
1 Answer
If there is no specific point that the perpendicular line must pass through, all lines with slopes that are opposite reciprocals of the original line are perpendicular to it.
Explanation:
For example, the line
Any line that is perpendicular to it must be opposite (negative instead of positive or vice versa) reciprocals (multiplicative inverse, reciprocals multiply to 1, flip the numerator and denominator)
Opposite of 3: -3
Reciprocal of -3 (
Lines that are perpendicular to
Perpendicular lines to
The y-intercepts change where the lines intersect, but all these lines are perpendicular to