Perpendicular Bisector Practice

Find the slope of the line

• Undefined

• 1

• 0

• -1

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (-4,7) and (-6,-4)

• 2/11

• 11/2

• -2/11

• -11/2

Find the slope of the line perpendicular to segment AB that has endpoints A(-4,7) and B(-6, -4)

• 2/11

• 11/2

• -2/11

• -11/2

Write the equation of the line containing (-3,4) and (-1,-2)

• y = -3x - 5

• y = -3x + 13

• y = -3x + 1

• y = 3x + 1

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

• Negative reciprocals (Opposite sign and position)

• Identical

• Flipped

• Changed signs

A line is perpendicular to    y = 2x - 7. What is the slope of the perpendicular line? 

• -2

• -1/2

• 1/2

• 2

The lines y = 4x and x+4y=12 are...

• Parallel

• Neither

• Perpendicular

The lines y =2 and x = 11 are..

• parallel

• perpendicular

• neither

The lines y = 6x + 2 and y = -6x + 2 are..

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

Given you have two points and are asked to find the perpendicular bisector, what step should you do first?

• Skip the problem

• Find the slope

• Find the equation of the line

• Find the midpoint