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The slope of a line is . What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line? - -
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The slope of a line is . What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line?

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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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