SOLUTION: Write an equation in slope-intecept form of the line satisfying the given conditions.
perpendicular to the graph of 4x-y=12, please show how you got this answer also. Thank You!
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perpendicular to the graph of 4x-y=12, please show how you got this answer also. Thank You!
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Question 37213: Write an equation in slope-intecept form of the line satisfying the given conditions.
perpendicular to the graph of 4x-y=12, please show how you got this answer also. Thank You! Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Perpendicular lines have slopes which are negative reciprocals of each other...so for the line 4x - y = 12...the slope can be found by solving for y...we get
y = 4x - 12
here the slope is 4...
thus a line perpendicular to it has a slope of -1/4...
any line will do given that slope since you did not specify anything else about the line...so
y = (-1/4)x or y = (-1/4)x + 5 will work
