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13 March, 03:41

A line has a slope of - 5 What is the line perpendicular to it

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  1. 13 March, 04:03
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    The slope would be 1/5.

    Perpendicular lines have opposite and reciprocal slopes. So you must flip the fraction and change its sign.

    Since - 5 as a fraction is - 5/1, we would flip that to get 1/-5. Then we would change the sign to get 1/5.
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