SOLUTION: Find a line perpendicular to: 6x -4y = 13 + y

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Question 373909: Find a line perpendicular to: 6x -4y = 13 + y
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, mananth:
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals,



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Answer by mananth(16949)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6x -4y = 13 + y
6x-4y-y=13
6x-5y=13
-5y= -6x+13
/-5
y = -6x/5 -13/5
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m= -6/5
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perpendicular line will have negative reciprocal as slope = 5/6
equation will be y = (5/6)x
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