SOLUTION: What equation is perpendicular to the graph 4x-2y=1 ?

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Question 461872: What equation is perpendicular to the graph 4x-2y=1 ?
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Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals, that is to say:



So calculate the slope of your given line and then find one of your choices that has a slope that is -1 times the reciprocal.

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