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Which of the following is an equation of a line perpendicular to the equation y=-6x+7

Which of the following is an equation of a line perpendicular to the equation y=-6x-example-1
User Giff
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Answer:x22

Explanation:

User Lindsay Landry
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Answer:

The equation of the perpendicular is y = 1/6x + 3 answer B

Explanation:

If two lines are perpendicular then there is a relation between their slopes


m_(1) ×
m_(2) = -1

That means one of them is the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse to the other ex: if one of them is 2 then the other is -1/2

∵y = -6x + 7

∴m = -6

∴ m⊥ = 1/6

∴y = 1/6x + c but there is no information to find c

So we will look to the choices and chose which has slope 1/6

We will find only one choice has this value

∴ the right answer is B

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