Question

What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line represented by the equation x – y = 8?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the slope of the line represented by the equation x – y = 8, we first need to write the equation in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), where m is the slope of the line.

x - y = 8
y = x - 8

So, the slope of this line is 1 (because the coefficient of x is 1).

The slope of a line that is perpendicular to a given line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line.

Therefore, the slope of a line that is perpendicular to x - y = 8 is -1/1 = -1.