SOLUTION: What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (-2, 5) and is perpendicular to the line whose equation is y = 1/2x + 5?
1. y = 2x + 1
2. y = -2x + 1
3. y = 2
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1. y = 2x + 1
2. y = -2x + 1
3. y = 2
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Question 408016: What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (-2, 5) and is perpendicular to the line whose equation is y = 1/2x + 5?
1. y = 2x + 1
2. y = -2x + 1
3. y = 2x + 9
4. y = -2x - 9 Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Parallel lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals so you can eliminate two of the answers immediately. Of the remaining two answers, only one of them forms a true statement if you substitute the coordinate values of the point through which the perpendicular must pass.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
