Answer
$-\dfrac{1}{2}$
Work Step by Step
RECALL:
Perpendicular lines have slopes whose product is $-1$.
Thus, the two lines are perpendicular if $a=-\dfrac{1}{2}$ since $2(-\frac{1}{2})=-1$.
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