SOLUTION: What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to the line that goes through the points (0, -3) and (-3, 12)?

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Question 1140798: What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to the line that goes through the points (0, -3) and (-3, 12)?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to the line that goes through the points (0, -3) and (-3, 12)?
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Find the slope of the line thru the points, call it m.
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The slope of lines perpendicular is -1/m.
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There is no "a line"
There are an infinite # of lines.

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