Atrap and Bracken are two rival insurance companies. Atrap has a yearly premium of $7,000 and a deductible of $6,000. Bracken has a yearly premium of $6,000 and a deductible of $5,000. The average expense of surgery is $25,000. 20 Select the correct answer. For Bracken to break even (suffer no loss and earn no profit) over the passage of 3 years, how many claims for surgical procedures can the 1,000 insured people file? A. 1,000 B. 900 C. 90 D. 18 E. 180

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)