Question

Write the equation in slope intercept form of the line that is perpendicular to y=-3x+7 and passes through the point (6,-4)

Answer 1

The answer to this question is Y= -1/3 - 2

Answer 2

The equation is y = -1/3x-2.

To determine the equation, I remembered that for a equation to be perpendicular of another, the original slope will be the reciprocal. So, -3 will turn into -1/3. Then I written the equation y=mx + b. I wrote out -4 = -1/3 (6) + b because I plugged in the x and y values. Then I solved for b. The result I got for b was -2. 

After solving for b, the equation I found was y= -1/3x-2