Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the point (4, -2) and perpendicular to the line y = 4x + 2? Answer should be a fraction

Answer 1

If you have the equation y = 4x + 2, the slope is 4. To find the perpendicular slope you take the opposie reciprocal of the current slope.

Answer 2

if i could do that that'd be nice @fiedster23

Answer 3

What's the opposite of 4?

Answer 4

The opposite of 4 is -4. The reciprocal of -4 is -1/4. So the slope that's perpendicular to your equation is -1/4.