How do you find the slope perpendicular to #x = -5y - 5#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-05T13:47:26

#5#

Get this equation in the form #y=mx+b,# where we can easier determine our slope #m#.

#-5y=x+5#

#y=-1/5x-1#

So, #m=-1/5.#

Now, the slope of the line perpendicular to this line must have a slope that is the negative reciprocal of this slope, IE,

#m_p=-1/m#

So,

#m_p=-1/(-1/5)=1/(1/5)=5#