How to find the slope of perpendicular lines - SSAT Upper Level Quantitative

Find the slope of the given line. The perpendicular slope will be the opposite reciprocal of the original slope. Use the slope-intercept form (y = mx + b) and substitute in the given point and the new slope to find the intercept, b. Convert back to standard form of an equation: ax + by = c.

First rearrange the equation so that it is in slope-intercept form, resulting in y=2/3 x + 14/9. The slope of this line is 2/3, so the slope of the line perpendicular will have the opposite reciprocal as a slope, which is -3/2.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are the opposite of the reciprocal of each other. In this case, the slope of the first line is -2. The reciprocal of -2 is -1/2, so the opposite of the reciprocal is therefore 1/2.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

First, we must solve the equation for y to determine the slope: y = 2_x_ + 3/2

By looking at the coefficient in front of x, we know that the slope of this line has a value of 2. To fine the slope of any line perpendicular to this one, we take the negative reciprocal of it:

slope = m , perpendicular slope = – 1/m

slope = 2 , perpendicular slope = – 1/2

The question puts the line in point-slope form y – y1 = m(x – x1), where m is the slope. Therefore, the slope of the original line is 1/2. A line perpendicular to another has a slope that is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the other line. The negative reciprocal of the original line is _–_2, and is thus the slope of its perpendicular line.

The equation of a line is where is the slope.

Rearrange the equation to match this:

For the perpendicular line, the slope is the negative reciprocal;

therefore

First we must find the slope of the given line. The slope of y = –3x – 4 is –3. The slope of the perpendicular line is the negative reciprocal. This means you change the sign of the slope to its opposite: in this case to 3. Then find the reciprocal by switching the denominator and numerator to get 1/3; therefore the slope of the perpendicular line is 1/3.

A line is perpendicular to another if their slopes are negative reciprocals of each other.

Since the slope of the given line is , the negative reciprocal would be .

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. In other words, change the sign and flip the fraction around to find the slope of the line perpendicular to the given one.