SOLUTION: Find an equation of a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20?

SOLUTION: Find an equation of a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20?

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Question 199103: Find an equation of a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find an equation of a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20?
The slope of 2x-5y=20 is +2/5. Lines perpendicular to it will have a slope, m, that's the negative inverse, = -5/2
Those lines are y = (-5/2)x + b
b can be any value, there are an infinite number of lines that fit the specs.
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