Question

What is the slope of any line perpendicular to the line passing through `(13,-7)` and `(5,-2)`?

Answer 1

`=8/5`

Explanation:

Slope of the line passing through two given points
`m=(-7+2)/(13-5)=-5/8`
So the slope of the perpendicular to this one is
`=-1/m=8/5`