Question

What is the equation of the line passing through (–6, 1) and perpendicular to the line y = –3x + 1 in slope-intercept form?

Answer 1

since it is perpendicular find your new slope.

Answer 2

then plug the points and the new slope into this formula \[y-y _{1}= m(x-x _{1})\]

Answer 3

Thanks very much for your help :) Iwas a bit confused but you helped! Thanks again.

Answer 4

anytime.