a line is perpendicular to y=4x-2 and intersects the point (4,-11). what is the equation of this perpendicular line?
1 answer:
Answer:
y = -1/4x - 10
Step-by-step explanation:
<em>Hey there!</em>
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Well to the slopes of 2 perpendicular lines are reciprocals of each other meaning if the line has a slope of 4 then it’s perpendicular line has a slope of -1/4.
Now to find the y intercept we need to graph,
y = -1/4x and point (4, -11)
Look at the image below.
By looking at the image below we can tell that in order for the perpendicular line to go through point (4,-11) it would be -10.
The equation is y = -1/4x - 10
<em>Hope this helps :)</em>
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