LillyCreekmur
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  • 10-09-2021
  • Mathematics
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What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is
4x - 5y = 10. Fully simplify your answer. Pls help me tysm

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AlgebraicAardvark
AlgebraicAardvark AlgebraicAardvark
  • 10-09-2021

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are opposite signs and reciprocals.

For example, the perpendicular slope to 2/3 is -3/2 (opposite sign and flipped upside-down).

The first step on your question is to find the slope of your line.  You can do this by putting the equation into slope-intercept form:

     [tex]\begin{aligned}4x-5y &= 10\\[0.5em]-5y &= -4x+10\\[0.5em]y &= \dfrac{4}{5}x-2\endaligned}[/tex]

From this, we can see your slope is 4/5.

The perpendicular slope will be -5/4.

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