SOLUTION: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through points (0, 5) and (-3, -4).

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Question 73399: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through points (0, 5) and
(-3, -4).


Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the slope of the 2 points




To find the perpendicular line invert and negate the slope we just found. In other words
where is the perpendicular slope
So
So the slope of the line perpendicular to the line going through (0, 5) and
(-3, -4) is m=-1/3.

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