SOLUTION: Find the Slope of a line perpendicular to the line: y= 2/3x+5

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Question 521678: Find the Slope of a line perpendicular to the line: y= 2/3x+5
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
There is a simple rule to follow for this: y= 2/3x+5
The slope is 2/3 right now so to find the perpendicular line just flip it and add a negative like this:
-3/2
Make sense?
RJ
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