Choose the equation of the line passing through the point (-4, -2) and perpendicular to y = -x + 6

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marissalovescats · Answer

If a line is perpendicular to another, this means that the slope of the line you are trying to find is the reciprocal of the one given

marissalovescats · Answer

When finding a reciprocal, you take -1/slope 

So here our m (slope) is -x which means it is -1. 

And -1/-1 is 1. 

So the slope of our perpendicular line will be 1. Now we use the point given to fill in the rest of the equation.

marissalovescats · Answer

We use this basic equation: |dw:1401240368092:dw|

This is called Point Slope Form

marissalovescats · Answer

Heres what you do: |dw:1401240469860:dw|