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What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the line y = x + 2?

What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line y = x + 5?

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User Sofl
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User Undefitied
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1) the slope of a line is m in the equation y=mx+b, in this case m isn’t there because m=1 so the slope is 1
2) the slope of a perpendicular line of this would be the reciprocal which is -1
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