Two ships leave a port at the same time as shown in the figure. One sails due west at a constant speed and the other sails due north at a constant speed.
After 2 hours, they are 40 km apart. If one ship sails 4 km/h slower than the
other, find the speed of the faster ship.

step-by-step explanation:

the options are kind of confusing. i can tell you what i see going on here when i look at the graph.

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c. y = 1/4 x + 5

step-by-step explanation:

first, put the equation of the line on the graph into slope-intercept form

(y = mx + b):   y = -4x + 8

second, a perpendicular line has to have "an opposite/reciprocal slope" to the original slope. so, find the "m" value in your original equation (it's -4, right? )

original slope: m = -4   perpendicular slope: change the sign to its opposite and find the reciprocal ("flip" the number)

new slope is now positive (b/c the original slope was negative 4), and it's 1/4 (not the original slope of 4 or 4/1)