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The lines shown below are perpendicular. If the green line has a slope of -1/4, what is the slope of the red line

User Runevault
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Answer:

+4

Explanation:

The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of one another.

Here, with one slope being -1/4, the slope of a perpendicular line would be +4.

User Xuanyuanzhiyuan
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Answer:

4

Explanation:

The slope of the green line is the negative reciprocal of that of the red line:

-1 / (-1/4), or just 4

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