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What equation represents a line which is perpendicular to the line y=-2/5x + 5

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Answer: y = 5/2 x + 5 or more clearly:
y = (5)/(2)x+ 5

Step-by-step explanation: Slope intercept form y = mx + b

m is the slope, b is the y-intercept

To write the equation for a perpendicular line

Both lines could share the y-intercept, (0,5) so the "b" term can be the same. But it may be different. The slope of a perpendicular line is the reciprocal of the original slope with the opposite sign.

So invert 2/5 to become 5/2 and change the negative sign to positive.

The resulting equation is y = 5x/2 + 5 or y = 2.5x + 5

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