How do you find the slope that is perpendicular to the line #y= -1/2x + 4#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-28T19:09:58

The perpendicular slope of a given line's slope is it's negative reciprocal.

The slope of that line is,

#m= -1/2#

The negative reciprocal is,

#m = 2#

So the slope that is perpendicular to that line is,

#m = 2#