Question 205676: What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation 5x-y=7?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, jojo14344: Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation 5x-y=7?
The given line has slope = 5
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Any line perpendicular to it must have slope = -1/5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given Line, 
Via Slope-Intercept Form, , where
,
*Remember, for perpendicular lines, Slope,
equals negative reciprocal of slope,
---> , Answer
Thank you,
Jojo
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