Line AB has equation 6x + y - 4 = 1. AB is perpendicular to the line y = mx + 1, find m.

First, we have to know that if 2 lines are perpendicular, the product of their gradients is -1.

Next, we have to express the 2 equations in similar ways by rearranging them and making y the common subject.

The line AB has equation y = -6x + 5, and the second is just y = mx + 1.

From here, since both lines are of the form y = mx + c, where m is the gradient and c is the intercept, we can see that the gradient of the first line is -6, and the second line is m. 

Since the product of these 2 gradients is -1, we know that

-6 x m = -1

Therefore m = 1/6

JR
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