Consider the line y= -1/2x+5 What is the slope of a line parallel to this line? What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

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NickCHK · Answer 1 · 2021-07-07T06:09:51+0000

Answer:

Explanation:

For a line to be parallel, it needs to have same slope so the slope is -1/2 for parallel.

The slope for perpendicular is the negative reciprocal so 2.