The parallel line will have the same slope which is 5. The perpendicular line will have a slope of which is the negative reciprocal. To assist you in seeing this relationship, look at 5 as the fraction . Its negative reciprocal would then be .
The Source. Cost of incarceration in the U.S. more than $1 trillion. The cost of incarceration in the United States exceeds $1 trillion, or six percent of gross domestic product, and dwarfs the amount spent on corrections alone, finds a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.
As the general level of education American Corrections Cooperation analysis of data found that the average cost for 12 months of youth incarceration was $88,000 as compared to $10,259 for the average annual cost of public school or the $2,713 cost of a year at a two-year college.