Question

What is the perpendicular slope to the line -2y - 5x = 10?

Answer 1

Hey there,

We know that perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocal of the original slope.

The first step would be to make the equation into slope intercept form:

• y =
  `-(2)/(5)` x - 5

Now we just find the negative reciprocal of the original equation which would be
`(5)/(2)` .

So the perpendicular slope of the line -2y - 5x = 10 would be
`(5)/(2)` .

Hope I helped,

Amna

Answer 2

your answer would be -5/2

hope this helps :)