SOLUTION: WHICH EQUATION IS PERPENDICULAR TO Y=4X+3? A. Y=-4X-1 B. Y=-1/4X+2 C. Y=1/4X-6 D. Y=3X+9

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Question 38111: WHICH EQUATION IS PERPENDICULAR TO Y=4X+3?
A. Y=-4X-1
B. Y=-1/4X+2
C. Y=1/4X-6
D. Y=3X+9
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perpendicular lines have slopes which are negative reciprocals of each other. thus we need a line with a slope of -1/4.
Choice B is correct.