Please Help! i Don't know how to get the perpendicular line after finding the slope of the first line. But First i Need to find the slope of the line but i don't know how to do that in this equation.

A line passes through the points (p,a) and (p,–a) where p and a are real numbers and p ≠ 0. Describe each of the following. Explain your reasoning.

slope of the line
equation of the line
y-intercept
slope of a line perpendicular to the given line

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Please Help! i Don't know how to get the perpendicular line after finding the slope of the first line. But First i Need to find the slope of the line but i don't know how to do that in this equation.

A line passes through the points (p,a) and (p,–a) where p and a are real numbers and p ≠ 0. Describe each of the following. Explain your reasoning.

slope of the line
equation of the line
y-intercept
slope of a line perpendicular to the given line

igreen · Answer

Perpendicular lines are opposite to the slope of a line you want it perpendicular to.

For example, if we had a line with a slope of 3, the opposite would be -1/3.

We flip it and multiply it by -1.