How do you find the slope that is perpendicular to the line # y = 6x + 2#?
1 Answer
Dec 24, 2016
The slope of a perpendicular line will be
Explanation:
Let the slope of a line be called
The slope of a line perpendicular to this first line will be
The line in this problem is in the slope intercept form:
Where
Therefore, a line perpendicular to the line
will have a slope of: