Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

We use this basic equation:

This is called Point Slope Form

Answer 4

Heres what you do: