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Which is the slope of a line perpendicular to a line with slope -6/5

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Answer:

m = 5/6

Explanation:

a line perpendicular to another line is its negative reciprocal

this basically means the flipped negative version of it

the flipped version of -6/5 is -5/6

then you add a negative to it

-(-5/6)

that is basically just 5/6

that is your slope

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