How do you find the slope that is perpendicular to the line #y=(-3x)#?
1 Answer
Jul 18, 2016
Slope of the perpendicular:
Explanation:
The standard general form of a linear equation in slope-intercept form is:
with slope
The given equation
can be re-written to be in explicit slope-intercept form as:
with slope
If a line has a slope of
then all lines perpendicular to it have a slope of
Since
any line perpendicular to it will have a slope of