Question

help! :( medal to correct answer with explanation

Answer 1

What's the question?

Answer 2

ok. do you remember how to determine the slope of a parallel vs perpendicular lines?

Answer 3

not really :/

Answer 4

ok. So if you're given the equation of a line and asked to find one perpendicular the slope of the new line is the negative reciprocal.

Answer 5

When you want a parallel line, the slopes are equal

Answer 6

So, here we are looking for a parallel line

Answer 7

i mean perpendicular

Answer 8

Do you know what negative reciprocal means?

Answer 9

not really

Answer 10

What is the slope of the given line?

Answer 11

i came up with b

Answer 12

ok what is the slope of the original line? can you tell?

Answer 13

me too. B is correct.

Answer 14

Good job!!

Answer 15

Since the original slope is -1/5, the negative reciprocal is 5

Answer 16

sorry

Answer 17

@donny471 The original slope is + 1/5

Answer 18

slope is 1/5 so negative reciprocal is -5