Question

A line is shown in the graph below.

Answer 1

Answer:

-3/2

Step-by-step explanation:

One can read off the slope of the given line directly from the graph.  As x increases by 3, y increases by 2.  Thus, the slope of the given line is

m = rise / run = 2 / 3

Any line perpendicular to this given line has a slope which is the negative reciprocal of the slope previously found:

                                                      -1              3

Slope of perpendicular line = ------------ = - -----

                                                     2/3             2

This matches the first of the given possible answer choices.