Rectangle ABCD with vertices are
and
.
Write an equation of a line perpendicular to diagonal
that contains A.
The line passes through the points are
and
.
Find the slope.
\
.
(Formula for slope)
(Substitute
and
)
(Multiply)
(Simplify)
Therefore, the slope is
.
Slope of the line perpendicular to the diagonal
is
.
The line passes through the point is
and
.
Point slope-intercept form of the equation of a line is
.
Find the point slope line equation.
\
(Formula for Point-slope)
(Substitute
and
)
(Distributive property:
)
(Add
to each side)
(Apply additive inverse property:
)
Therefore, the slope intercept form of the perpendicular line eqaution is
.
The perpendicular line eqaution is
.