Question

Which of the following equations represents a perpendicular line to 6x - 2y = 20?

y = 3x + 2

y = -3x + 4

y=1/3x-3

y=-1/3x-5

Answer 1

So do you want to learn how to do it or just have an answer?

Answer 2

how to do it

Answer 3

first solve the original line for y :)

Answer 4

6x - 2y = 20
sfy
y = 3 x-10

I assume you know how to do this

Answer 5

y = 3 x-10 since it is now in
y= m x+b from and m is the slope which means 3 is the slope.

another way of saying 3 is 3/1 =3 right...

if you are given a slope then a slope or line perpendicular to is has to be flipped and multiplied by 1-

so 3/1 become -1/3

Answer 6

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y=-1/3x-5 is the only one with an m such as this
^m= -1/3

Answer 7

just remember given any line and it's slope=rise/run then a slope perpendicular to it is

-run/rise

in your case 3 which is 3/1 became -1/3

Answer 8

aalso note these drawings and perpindicular lines



THe point all of them are perpendicular and can be shifted left and right and still be perpendicular. In the future i think you will be given more points so that you have to find a specific line.