SOLUTION: The lines below are perpendicular. If the slope of the green line is -5, what is the slope of the red line

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Question 1101551: The lines below are perpendicular. If the slope of the green line is -5, what is the slope of the red line
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the red and green lines are perpendicular, then their slopes are negative reciprocals.
-5%2Am%5Br%5D=-1
m%5Br%5D=1%2F5