Question

Which best describes the relationship between the line that passes through the points (-6, -1) and (-11, 1) and the line

that passes through the points (-3, -8) and (-5, -13)?
A. perpendicular
B. parallel
C. neither perpendicular nor parallel
D. same line

Answer 1

Answer: A. perpendicular

Step-by-step explanation: First, you have to determine the slope of both lines and you can do so using the slope formula: (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1). You should get the slope -2/5 for the first line and 5/2 for the second. Because one line has a slope that is the negative reciprocal of the other, these lines are perpendicular.