Point Slope Parallel and Perpendicular

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is: -2x + y = - 7?

• -2

• 1/2

• -1/2

• 2

Are the two linear equations parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

Which of the following lines goes through the point        (-3, 4) and is perpendicular to  y = 3/2x + 6?

• y = 3/2x - 6

• y = 2/3x + 3

• y = -2/3x - 2

• y = -2/3x + 2

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

• negative reciprocals.

• negatives.

• the same.

• always 7.

What slope is parallel to:  
m = 3/4

• 4/3

• 3/4

• -3/4

• -4/3

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 5?

• 5

• 1/5

• -1/5

• -5

• parallel

• perpendicular

• intersecting

• y = 4x + 14

• y = 3x + 12