#color(magenta)("Introduction to how it works")#
Standard form of the equation of a straight line is: #y=mx+c#
Where #m# is the gradient (slope)
#color(green)("Any line perpendicular to the original line has the slope of: ")#
#color(green)( (-1)xx1/m)#
So for the second line the equation changes
#color(blue)("From ")color(brown)(y=mx+c )color(blue)(" to ")color(green)(y=-1/mx+c)#
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#color(magenta)("Answering your question")#
#color(blue)("Determine the gradient of the given line")#
Let the first listed coordinates be the first point
#(x_1,y_1) -> (3,6)#
#(x_2,y_2)->(-8,4)#
Gradient given line#-> ("change in y-axis")/("change in x-axis left to right")#
Gradient given line (m)#->(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)->(4-6)/((-8)-3)->(-2)/(-11)=+2/11#
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#color(blue)("Determine the gradient of the line perpendicular to the first one")#
#(-1)xx1/m = -11/2#
