If: y = 2/5x+10 then the perpendicular slope is -5/2x or -2.5x
The slope of the perpendicular is -(1/2) .
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If the line has a slope of 2, then the perpendicular line has a slope of -1/2. The slope of a perpendicular line is the negative reciprocal. Another example would be if the slope of a line is -1/4, then the slope of the perpendicular is 4.
4x+2y = 6 2y = -4x+6 y = -2x+3 Perpendicular slope is 1/2
The slope of a perpendicular line is not defined.
Slope of the given line is 3/7 So slope of perpendicular line is -7/3
Slope of given line = -3 Therefore, slope of perpendicular = 1/3
Slope of a line perpendicular to x-y=16
The slope of the perpendicular is -(1/2) .
Slope of given line = 3 So slope of perpendicular = -1/3
For any two perpendicular lines (save a vertical and a horizontal one), the product of their slopes is always -1. For two perpendicular lines with one having a slope of -2, the other will have a slope equal to -1 divided by -2, which equals 1/2.
For the line 2x + y = 8 , the slope equals ( -2 ) so the required slope of the line which is perpendicular to it is equal to (+1/2 )
The line x = -4 is vertical, so a line that is perpendicular to it is horizontal, so its slope is 0.
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The slope is -0.2
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The slope of the perpendicular to a line has a slope which is the negative reciprocal of the original line's slope.The negative reciprocal of x is -1/xSo in this case, where the slope is -2 the perpendicular line has the slope -1/(-2) or simply 1/2