Explanation
Correct answer: 3/17,.1764,.1765,0.176.
It's given that line is perpendicular to line in the xy-plane. This means that the slope of line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of line . The equation of line , , is written in slope-intercept form , where is the slope of the line and is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept of the line. It follows that the slope of line is . The negative reciprocal of a number is divided by the number. Therefore, the negative reciprocal of is , or . Thus, the slope of line is . Note that 3/17, .1764, .1765, and 0.176 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.
Desmos solution:
Note: The blue line's slope is -17/3, so a perpendicular line has the negative reciprocal slope 3/17.
Enter in Desmos:
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