A) The slope of two lines that are perpendicular will be opposite reciprocals (that is, multiplying them gets us -1.)
B) We can substitute a point inside an incomplete equation to try and find a missing value.

So first, let's find the opposite reciprocal of 7 which will be the slope to this equation.

<u>Reciprocal of 7:</u> $\frac{1}{7}$
<u>Opposite of </u> $\frac{1}{7}$ : $-\frac{1}{7}$

So the slope of this line will be $-\frac{1}{7}$ . The y-intercept will change, and we can substitute what we know into the equation $y=mx+b$ .

$y = -\frac{1}{7}x+b$

Now, we can substitute a point on the graph (14, 8) into this equation to find b.

$8 = -\frac{1}{7} \cdot 14 + b$
$8 = -\frac{14}{7} + b$
$8 = -2 + b$
$b = 10$

Now that we know the y-intercept, we can finish off our equation by plugging that in.

$y = -\frac{1}{7}x + 10$

Hope this helped!

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Remember, if the two graphs are symmetric with respect to the line y = x (mirror images over y = x ), then they are inverse functions. But, we need a way to check without the graphs, because we won't always know what the graphs look like! then f(x) and g(x) are inverse functions.

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