Find the slope of the line perpendicular to y=8/11x−4

Jamarcus Lindsey

Jamarcus Lindsey

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2022-09-27

Find the slope of the line perpendicular to y = 8 11 x - 4

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Bestvinajw

Bestvinajw

Beginner2022-09-28Added 15 answers

Let a 1 be the slope of this line.
a 1 = 8 11
Let a 2 be the slope of the line perpendicular to line.
Then, a 1 a 2 = - 1 . (this is a property of the slopes of perpendicular lines you need to know, that is, multiplying the slopes of two perpendicular lines should always give you -1).
i.e. 8 11 a 2 = - 1
i.e. a 2 = - 11 8
That's it.

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