Answer:
y = -4x - 6
Step-by-step explanation:
The equation of a line in point-slope form.
is the equation of the line containing point (x1, y1) and having slope, m.
The given point of the perpendicular bisector is (-1, -2), so in this case, x1 = -1, and y1 = -2.
We need the slope of the perpendicular bisector. First we find the slope of the segment. We start at point (-5, -3). We go up 1 unit and 4 units to the right, and we are at another point on the segment. Since slope = rise/run, the slope of the segment is 1/4. The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals, so the slope of the perpendicular bisector is the negative reciprocal of 1/4, so for the perpendicular bisector, m = -4.
Now we use the equation above and our values.
The slope is 2, as for every 20 the graph rises, the line goes over 10, and the formula for slope is rise over run.