Question

Square EFGH is drawn on a coordinate plane. Diagonal GE is on the line y-3=3(x+4). What is the slope of diagonal FH?

Answer 1

Answer:

-1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

slope = - $\frac{1}{3}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation of a line in point- slope form is

y - b = m(x - a)

where m is the slope and (a, b) a point on the line

y - 3 = 3 (x + 4) ← is in point- slope form

with slope m = 3

The diagonals of a square are perpendicular to each other.

Given a line with slope m then the slope of a line perpendicular to it is

$m_{perpendicular}$ = - $\frac{1}{m}$ = - $\frac{1}{3}$

Thus the slope of FH is - $\frac{1}{3}$