Question

Write the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line y = 2x + 2 and passes through the point (6, 3).

Answer 1

Perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes.

Answer 2

do you understand what Ruka said ^ ?

Answer 3

Once you find the slope, sub the values of x and y into the equation to find the "equation of a line" to get your answer

Answer 4

>.> uh..

Answer 5

For example:
y=mx+b
the slope is m.

For the perpendicular line, the slope will be -1/m

Answer 6

do you know what perpendicular means?

Answer 7

Plug the values in for y-y1=m(x-X1) once you have your slope.

Answer 8

No.

Answer 9

perpendicular means a line forms a right angle with another line... the angle between them is 90 degrees.

Answer 10

Oh.

Answer 11

so in terms of slope, two lines that are perpendicular to each other have negative reciprocal slopes... for example, what's the slope of y = 2x + 2?

Answer 12

-2?

Answer 13

no. m=2, the slope of y = 2x + 2 is 2

Answer 14

so the negative reciprocal of that is -1/m or -1/2. do you understand?

Answer 15

Kind of.

Answer 16

So much to remember in math.