How do you write an equation of a line passing through (3, 2), perpendicular to # y=5x + 2#?
2 Answers
Jun 26, 2018
Find the negative reciprocal of the slope and, using our point, write the equation in slope-intercept form.
Explanation:
The negative reciprocal of the slope of a line is the slope of the line perpendicular to it. If our original slope is
Now, let's plug in our value and solve!
Jun 26, 2018
I got:
Explanation:
Given our line:
the slope
We know that the slope
and the equation of the line with slope
in our case: