SOLUTION: Find the slope of a line perpendicular to y=2x-1

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Question 716796: Find the slope of a line perpendicular to y=2x-1
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx+b
m=slope.
b=y intercept.
y=2x-1
2 is the slope in this equation.
ANY perpendicular line would havw a slope equal to the reciprocal of this line.
1/2 is the reciprocal slope.