The slope of the line is -8. What is the slope of the line that is perpendicular to that line

Answer 1

Perpendicular is the "opposite Reciprocal."

Opposite means that you change the sign (positive to negative, or vice versa)

Reciprocal means you put 1 over the number. So the Reciprocal of 2 is 1/2. The reciprocal of 1/9 is 1/(1/9) which is 9.

So, the opposite reciprocal of 8 is -1/8. Which is the going to be the perpendicular slope.