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Question 226541: what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation 6x - 4y= 30
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The slope of a perpendicular to a given line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line. That is to say:
Solve your given equation for 
to put it into slope-intercept form, determine the slope by inspection, and then take the negative reciprocal of that slope.
In general, if you have 
, then 
. The slope of the given line is then 
and the slope of the perpendicular would be 
John
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