SOLUTION: If a line contains the x-intercept 10 and the y-intercept −5, find the slope m of any perpendicular line.

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Question 1032968: If a line contains the x-intercept
10
and the y-intercept
−5,
find the slope m of any perpendicular line.

Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The x-intercept would have coordinates (10,0), while its y-intercept would be (0,-5). Hence the slope is .
Then the slope of any line perpendicular to the given line would have slope -2. (Negative reciprocal of 1/2.)

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