Question

How to find a line perpendicular to y=.5x+5

Answer 1

Please help!

Answer 2

in order for two lines to be perpendicular you need to have a 90o angle.
If y=.5x+5 has a given slope, if another line gets the opposite slope it will be perpendicular to it. try figure out the equation of the 2nd line

Answer 3

the relationship between slopes \(\large m_1 \) and \(\large m_2 \) is \(\large m_1 \cdot m_2 = -1 \).

so if one of your slopes is 0.5, then \(\large (0.5) \cdot m_2 =-1 \)
can you solve for \(\large m_2 \) here?

Answer 4

Would I subtract .5 from -1?