document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=759626>Question 759626</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So, on my study guide there's this question I don't understand at all, what's the answer and how did you get it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which choice could be the equation of a line perpendicular to the line represented by this equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2/5x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. y = 2/5x - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. y = 5/2x + 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. y = -5/2x - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. y = -2x + 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 2/5x + 2 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse of the slope of the given line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1/(2/5) = -5/2<BR>\n" );
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