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OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation y = 4x + 5? A. –4 B. –5 C. 4 D. -1/4

OpenStudy (shamil98):

Perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes. For example if a line had a slope of 3, it's perpendicular to that line has a slope of -1/3

OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

So this would be D?

OpenStudy (shamil98):

Yep.

OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

Thank you!

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