Question

What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line y = 8x + 5?

Answer 1

`-(1)/(8)`

Explanation:

y=mx+b

m= slope (rise over run)

The slope of y=8x+5 is
`(8)/(1)`

When a line is perpendicular, the slope is the opposite reciprocal.

`(8)/(1)` would be flipped to
`-(1)/(8)`