SOLUTION: What is the slope of a perpendicular line to the line y=2x+6??
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Question 576070: What is the slope of a perpendicular line to the line y=2x+6??
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your given equation is in slope-intercept form, so you can determine the slope of the given line by inspection of the coefficient on 
. Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals, thus:
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