22-05-2018
Mathematics

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a line has a slope of -5 What is the line perpendicular to it

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MrGumby MrGumby

31-05-2018

The slope would be 1/5.

Perpendicular lines have opposite and reciprocal slopes. So you must flip the fraction and change its sign.

Since -5 as a fraction is -5/1, we would flip that to get 1/-5. Then we would change the sign to get 1/5.

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