SOLUTION: A line that is perpendicular to y = 2x+5 will have slope
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Question 479417: A line that is perpendicular to y = 2x+5 will have slope
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope of a line given in slope-intercept form, 
is equal to the coefficient on 
.
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals, that is to say, the slope of one of the lines multiplied by the slope of its perpendicular results in -1.
John
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