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I’m confused I know that to make a perpendicular like I have to flip the slope and the sign but here for the given line it is just x=-4

I’m confused I know that to make a perpendicular like I have to flip the slope and-example-1
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Answer:

y = -10

Explanations:

Note that:

The equation x = -4 is a vertical line that passes through the point x = -4 and parallel to the y-axis

When a line is vertical, the line perpendicular to it will be horizontal

Since the line is passing through the point (-8, -10)

The line perpendicular to x = -4 will therefore be y = -10 (which is a horizontal line

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