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Find the equation of the perpendicular line, to the line: y=2x+4

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Answer:

y = -1/2 x + 4

Explanation:

y = 2x + 4

Since this equation is in slope-intercept form, the slope of the line is 2. Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. Thus, the slope of a line perpendicular to this line would be -1/2.

So, any equation of the form y = -1/2 x + b

it does not matter what the y-intercept of either line is. They will remain perpendicular as long as their slopes are negative reciprocals.

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