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Whats the slope of the line perpendicalar to the line y = -4x + 3?

April 26, 2017line slope y

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Whats the slope of the line perpendicalar to the line y = -4x + 3?

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To find the slope of the perpendicular line we have to do two things: flip the orignal slope over and reverse its sign. The reciprocal of -4 is -1/4 and if we reverse its sign we get +1/4 so that’s the slope of the perpendicular line.