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How do you find the slope perpendicular to $y=-2x+5$ ?

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Dec 27, 2015

The slope perpendicular to a linear line is equal to the negative reciprocal ...

Explanation:

The slope of the line in the problem is $-2$

The perpendicular slope $=-1/(-2)=1/2$

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