SOLUTION: The line y= 2/3x +5 has a slope of m=2/3.What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

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Question 376498: The line y= 2/3x +5 has a slope of m=2/3.What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
Answer by ewatrrr(10682) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi

the slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other.

line y= 2/3x +5   m = 2/3

m= -(3/2) would be the slope of a Line perpendicular to the above line