y = 2x - 3...slope here is 2. A perpendicular line has a negative reciprocal slope. All that means is flip the slope and change the sign. So our perpendicular line will have a slope of -1/2 (see how I flipped 2/1 and made it 1/2...I then changed the sign, making it -1/2)
y = mx + b slope(m) = -1/2 (1,2)...x = 1 and y = 2 now we sub and find b, the y int 2 = -1/2(1) + b 2 = -1/2 + b 2 + 1/2 = b 4/2 + 1/2 = b 5/2 = b
