SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line which is perpendicular to the line y = -4x - 5 and has the same y-intercept as the line y = 2x

SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line which is perpendicular to the line y = -4x - 5 and has the same y-intercept as the line y = 2x - 1

Question 719875: Write the equation of the line which is perpendicular to the line y = -4x - 5 and has the same y-intercept as the line y = 2x - 1
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope of the line y = -4x - 5 is -4. The slope of any line perpendicular to this one will be the negative reciprocal of -4. The reciprocal of -4 is -1/4. The negative of this reciprocal would be 1/4. So the slope of any perpendicular line will be 1/4

The y-intercept of y = 2x - 1 is -1.

So a line perpendicular to y = -4x - 5 with a y-intercept of -1 will be:
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