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Consider the line y = - 8x - 4.

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

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Answer:
1) y = 1/8x + c

2) y = -8x + c

Step by step explanation:

1) The line perpendicular is just the reciprocal of the gradient

2) The same gradient just any y intercept
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