Question

How do you find the slope that is perpendicular to the line `y = -3x + 1`?

Answer 1

`m = 1/3`

Explanation:

For two lines to be perpendicular to one another, their slopes must be negative reciprocals of one another (when the numbers are multiplied, it must produce -1).

Thus, the slope of the new line must be 1/3.

`1/3 * -3 = -3/3 = -1`