What is the slope of the line perpendicular to #y=2/7x-13 #?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-21T05:17:51

Slope of the perpendicular line is #=-7/2#

Given line is -

#y=2/7x-13#

For the two line to be perpendicular,

#m_1 xx m_2 = -1#

Where -

#m_1# is slope of the first line.
#m_2# is the slope of the second line.

Now-

#2/7 xx m_2=-1#
#m_2=-1 xx 7/2=-7/2#
Slope of the perpendicular line is #=-7/2#