Question

What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the
line shown on the graph?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line

shown in the graph is = 4

Hence, option 'd' is true.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the line equation, let us take two points

• (0, 2)

• (4, 1)

Finding the slope between two points

$\mathrm{Slope}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

$\left(x_1,\:y_1\right)=\left(0,\:2\right),\:\left(x_2,\:y_2\right)=\left(4,\:1\right)$

$m=\frac{1-2}{4-0}$

$m=-\frac{1}{4}$

As we know that the slope of the perpendicular line is basically the negative reciprocal of the slope of the line, so

The slope of the perpendicular line will be:

$-\frac{1}{-\frac{1}{4}}=4$

Thus, the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line

shown in the graph is = 4

Hence, option 'd' is true.