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What slope would a line have to be perpendicular to a line with a slope of 1/4 ?
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What slope would a line have to be perpendicular to a line with a slope of 1/4 ?

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The slope is -4

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A line perpendicular to another has a slope that is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the other line. The negative reciprocal of the original line is –2, and is thus the slope of its perpendicular line.

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