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What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 2x-y=5 ?

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Answer:

-1/2

Explanation:

the slope of the line 2x-y=5 is 2

a perpendicular line has the negative reciprocal of the slope of the other line

hopefully this helps :)

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