Answer: The original slope is 1.
To plot the line with perpendicular slope, try coordinates (0,0) and (6,-6)
The perpendicular slope is negative 1.
Step-by-step explanation:
The rise is 6, the run is 6.
6/6 = 1
The slope of the perpendicular line is the reciprocal of the original slope. and has the opposite sign-- switch neg to pos or pos to neg.
If the original slope is 2, the perpendicular will be -1/2
Reciprocal means the number (usually a fraction) that you multiply by the original number to get 1 as the product. 3×1/3 = 1 . 1/5×5 = 1
Since 1 is already 1, 1 is the reciprocal of itself!
