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Any line perpendicular to the line y = 2x +4 has a slope of -2.

True
False



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Any line perpendicular to the line y = 2x +4 has a slope of -2. True False Thank you-example-1

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Answer: FALSE

You get y = 2x +4 so the slope is 2. Perpendicular lines have opposite-reciprocal slopes, so the slope of the line we want to find is -1/2.

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