SOLUTION: Find the perpendicular to line -8x+2y=6

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Question 52791: Find the perpendicular to line -8x+2y=6
Answer by rchill(405)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First solve the equation for y as you need to get it in the form of y=mx+b, where m is the slope. Doing that gives . A line perpendicular to that will have a slope of . The graph is:

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