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The question is in the photo! Please help

The question is in the photo! Please help-example-1

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the answer is the second one.
User Joel Van Hollebeke
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the answer is the second one because in order to create a perpendicular line, the slope of the new equation has to be the opposite reciprocal of the previous slope. An opposite is simply switching signs (Ex: 5 become -5), and a reciprocal is simply switching the numerator and denominator. (Ex: 2 becomes 1/2). so the opposite reciprocal would be switching the sign then flipping the numerator and denominator.
the y intercept does not matter with linear equations
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