document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=206057>Question 206057</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find a line perpendicular to 2x-5y=20? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope of the given line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 2x-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (2/5)x - 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The the given line has slope = 2/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of any line perpendicular to the given line <BR>\n" );
document.write( "must have a slope of -5/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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