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What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the graph of: y=-1/2x+4?
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If two lines are perpendicular, their slopes are "negative reciprocals".
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Looking at:
y=-1/2x+4
We see that the slope of this line is
-1/2
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Let x be the slope of a line that is perpendicular
then
(-1/2)x = -1
x = (-1)(-2)
x = 2
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Therefore, the slope of a line perpendicular to y=-1/2x+4 is
m = 2
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