SOLUTION: Could you please explane to me how I find a line that is perpendicular to the line y=0,5x-4,5 Thanks :)

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Question 354748: Could you please explane to me how I find a line that is perpendicular to the line y=0,5x-4,5
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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals. Any line with a slope of -5 is perpendicular to your given line.

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