The slope of a given line is 1/3 . what is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the given line? type a numerical answer in the space provided. do not type spaces in your answer. if necessary, use the / key to represent a fraction bar.

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

Answer this question only if you know the 30 points and

Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and parallel to y=3x.