Question

What is the equation of the line passing through (8, –6) and perpendicular to the line y = x – 2 in slope-intercept form?

Answer 1

The only thing I'm having trouble with is figuring out what the reciprocal of x is?

Answer 2

You want the negative reciprocal actually.

Perpendicular:

\[\frac{ -1 }{ m }\]

So in this case m = x.

Answer 3

8?

Answer 4

I know it's supposed to be negative, which isn't what threw me off. It's that I don't know the reciprocal of 1 ;p