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Asked by: Trudy Dannecker
science space and astronomyHow do you find the perpendicular equation?
Similarly, it is asked, how do you find a perpendicular slope?
To find the slope of the given line weneed to get the line into slope-intercept form (y = mx + b),which means we need to solve for y: The slope of the line 4x– 5y = –10 is m = 4/5. Therefore, the slope ofthe line perpendicular to this line would have to be m =–5/4. Step 2: Use the slope to find they-intercept.
Simply so, how do you find the equation of the perpendicular bisector?
Write an equation into point-slope form, y - k =m(x - h), since the slope of the perpendicular bisector anda point (h, k) the bisector goes through is known. Solve thepoint-slope equation for y to get y = mx + b. Move the kvalue to the right side of the equation.
If the slopes are the same and the y-interceptsare different, the lines are parallel. If the slopesare different, the lines are not parallel. Unlikeparallel lines, perpendicular lines do intersect.Their intersection forms a right, or 90-degree, angle.