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Gradient of a straight line that is perpendicular to y = 4x + 2

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If a line's slope is $\frac{a}{b}$ , the slope of the perpendicular line is $-\frac{b}{a}$
in this case, the given line has a slope 4, which is 4/1, so the perpendicular line has a slope/gradient $-\frac{1}{4}$

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