Question

Find the slope of the line perpendicular to the line passing through the given points: (-4, 8) and (-2, 5)​

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{3}{2}$

Step-by-step explanation

  The slope of a perpendicular line would be (-x) if the slope of the original line was (x).

  The formula for finding slope is:

$\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

Inserting your problem would make the equation look like:

$\frac{5-8}{-2+4}$

Simplify:

$\frac{-3}{2}$

That is the slope of the given line, to find the slope of the line perpendicular to that one, we would put into (-x)

Answer:

$\frac{3}{2}$