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If a line has a slope of 2/5 a line perpendicular to this line would have a slope of what?

2


-5


-5/2


5/2

User Baqir Khan
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Answer:

-5/2.

Explanation:

The slope of the perpendicular line = -1 / slope of the original line

= -1 / 2/5

= -5/2.

User Ben Hillier
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Answer:

Perpendicular line would have a slope in the form:


- (1)/(m)

So it has to be:


- (5)/(2)

Good luck.

Intelligent Muslim.

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