The slope of a line is 1/2. What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line? Type a numerical answer in the space provided. Do not include spaces in your answer. …

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asked Sep 23, 2018 95.8k views

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Elohim Meth · Answer 1 · 2018-09-24T11:30:36+0000

perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes. So if 1 slope has a slope of 1/2, then its perpendicular line has a slope of -2/1 or just -2

Vinoth Kumar · Answer 2 · 2018-09-27T19:08:01+0000

Answer: -2

Explanation:

Given : The slope of a line is
(1)/(2) .

We know that the product of two perpendicular lines is -1.

Let m be the slope of line that is perpendicular to given line.

Then,we have :-

$m*(1)/(2)=-1\\\\\Rightarrow\ m=-2$

Hence, the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line =-2