SOLUTION: What is an equation of a line perpendicular to y=2x-7?

Question 579968: What is an equation of a line perpendicular to y=2x-7?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A perpendicular to this line can pass through this line at any point.
unless we know the co-ordinates of that point we cannot find the equation
in general
the perpendicular will be y = -1/2 x + something
because the slope is negative reciprocal of the given line
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