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Please help me please. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 5x-2y=11?

Please help me please. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 5x-2y=11?
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Please help me please. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 5x-2y=11?

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User Mike Axle
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-2/5 would be the slope

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User Augusto Goncalves
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slope is y = mx+ b

-2y = -5x + 11

-2y/-2 = (-5x + 11)/-2

y = 5/2x - 5.5

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