Question

Given that the slope of a line is -1/6, what is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to it? Enter your answer as an integer.

Answer 1

perpendicular means that their slopes are negative reciprocals of each other, what that means is that their product is -1

Answer 2

so solve this equation for m, and that'll be your answer...
\[\large -\frac16m = -1\]

Answer 3

What peter is saying is that what is -1/-.1666666666666666666666? You're right, it's 6! :D

Answer 4

Ah okay i was thinking it was just 1/6 since their perpendicular

Answer 5

totally get it now !

Answer 6

awsum ^.^