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Please show work !!! Thxs

Please show work !!! Thxs-example-1
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Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes, so to find the slope of the line perpendicular to y = 2x -1,

first find the slope of y = 2x - 1, which is 2 (slope is the coefficient of the variable x).

Now we must find the opposite reciprocal of 2, so flip 2 (2/1) over and add a negative sign.

2 becomes -1/2, so your answer is:

A) -1/2

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