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Can someone please help me I really need help please help me thank you

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Explanation:

Perpendicular lines always have the negative (opposite) reciprocal slope. Therefore, the slope of the line would be -2 because the reciprocal is just switching the numerator and denominator around (1/2 changes to 2/1 which is 2) and the negative means the opposite sign of which was originally given... i.e, since the 1/2 was positive, now it would be negative. That is why the slope is -2.

The equation of a line is y=mx+b with m representing the slope and b representing the y-intercept. Now to find the y-intercept, plug in the given components of the point (4,0) for the equation and solve for b (the y-intercept). Use 4 for x and 0 for y.

0=-2(4)+b

0=-8+b

8=b

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