Question

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation y = 5x – 2?

Answer 1

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to find the perpendicular slope
You flip the given slope
5=5/1
When we flip 5/1 what do we get?

Answer 2

y = mx + b has a slope of m

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals (flip and change sign).

The given slope is 5. That's 5/1. The negative reciprocal is -1/5.

Answer 3

nvm I understand now. Thanks guys!