How do you find the slope perpendicular to $y = 2 x - 3$ $y=2x-3$ ?

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How do you find the slope perpendicular to $y = 2 x - 3$ $y=2x-3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T12:28:38

$- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

Explanation:

the product of the slope of the normal and the slope of the line

must be = -1 is they are perpendicular to one another

the line $y$ $y$ = 2 $x$ $x$ - 3 is in the form $y$ $y$ = m $x$ $x$ + b

where m is the slope so the slope for this line is 2

then Slope of Normal $\cdot$ $*$ 2 = -1

slope of normal = $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

Answer 2 · 2018-04-14T13:04:19

$- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

Explanation:

Perpendicular slopes are opposite reciprocals of one another. In the equation, the slope is $2$ $2$ (it's in the form $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ , where $m$ $m$ is the slope).

Opposites (negative version of a positive number and vice versa):

$- 3, 3$ $-3, 3$

$\frac{2}{4}, - \frac{2}{4}$ $2/4, -2/4$

$\frac{13}{9}, - \frac{13}{9}$ $13/9, -13/9$

Reciprocals (switch the numerator and denominator):

$\frac{1}{2}, 2$ $1/2, 2$

$\frac{13}{7}, \frac{7}{13}$ $13/7, 7/13$

$- 23, - \frac{1}{23}$ $-23, -1/23$

The opposite number of $2$ $2$ is $- 2$ $-2$ and the reciprocal of $- 2$ $-2$ is $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ .

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