The lines shown below are perpendicular. If the green line has a slop of 2/5, what is the slope of the red line?

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aivan3 [116]1 year ago

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The slope of the red line that is perpendicular to the green line is: -5/2.

<h3>What are the Slope Values of Perpendicular Lines?</h3>

When one line lies perpendicular to another line, the slope of one must be the negative reciprocal of the other line.

<h3>What is the Negative Reciprocal of a Number?</h3>

If given a number, i.e. a/b, the negative reciprocal of a/b would the opposite value of the reciprocal of a/b.

Reciprocal of a/b is b/a. Negative reciprocal of a/b would therefore be: -b/a.

Given that the slope of the green line is: 2/5. And it is perpendicular to the red line. The slope of the red line would be the negative reciprocal of 2/5.

Negative reciprocal of 2/5 is -5/2.

Therefore, the slope of the red line is: -5/2.

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B) The probability of winning the jackpot = (1/1200) = 0.0008333

Step-by-step explanation:

A) There are four Aces, four 2's, and four 3's, forming a set of 12 cards

These cards are to be divided at random between 4 players.

What is the probability that each player gets an ace, a 2 and a 3.

We start with the first player, the probability of these cards for the first player, with order not important (because order isn't important, there are 6 different arrangement of the 3 cards)

6 × (4/12) × (4/11) × (4/10) = (16/55)

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6 × (3/9) × (3/8) × (3/7) = (9/28)

Third player

6 × (2/6) × (2/5) × (2/4) = (2/5)

Fourth player

6 × (1/3) × (1/2) × (1/1) = 1

Probability that each of the players get different cards is then a multiple of the probabilities obtained above

= (16/55) × (9/28) × (2/5) × 1

= (288/7700) = (72/1925) = 0.0374

B) The concluding part of the B question.

To win the jackpot, the numbers on your ticket must match the three white balls and the SuperBall. (You don't need to match the white balls in order). If you buy a ticket, what is your probability of winning the jackpot?

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(3/10) × (2/9) × (1/8) = (1/120)

Probability of picking the right red superball

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Probability of winning the jackpot = (1/120) × (1/10) = (1/120) × (1/10) = (1/1200) = 0.0008333

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