My fist step to solving this question would be to find the mid-point of the given line. The mid point of (4,1) and (2,-5) is (3,-2). The mid point is where the perpendicular bisector connects or bisects the given segment. My second step would be to graph the two given points and to connect them, forming a line. This way, I would know the slope of the line and then I would be able to find the slope of the perpendicular bisector, since the slope for perpendicular lines is the opposite reciprocal of the given line. In doing this, I discovered that the slope of the segment with the given endpoints is 3 which means that the slope of the perpendicular bisector will be x
. So, so far we've got a point of intersection and a slope which is all we need to formulate the equation of the line that we are looking for.
What we know: line P endpoints (4,1) and (2,-5) (made up a line name for the this line) perpendicular lines' slope are opposite in sign and reciprocals of each other slope=m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) slope intercept for is y=mx+b
What we need to find: line Q (made this name up for this line) , a perpendicular bisector of the line p with given endpoints of (4,1) and (2,-5)
find slope of line P using (4,1) and (2,-5) m=(-5-1)/(2-4)=-6/-2=3
Line P has a slope of 3 that means Line Q has a slope of -1/3.
Now, since we are looking for a perpendicular bisector, I need to find the midpoint of line P to use to create line Q. I will use the midpoint formula using line P's endpoints (4,1) and (2,-5).
If the price after the discount is subtracted is $96.25 then this is what you do
u times 0.40 x 96.25 which is 38.5 so since you are wanting to know what the price was before the discount you would add 38.5 to 96.25 and when you do that your answer is 134.75
but if you are just trying to get the discount from 96.25 you subtract 38.5 from 96.25