SOLUTION: Consider the line 9x-5y=9 What is the slope of a line parallel to this line? What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

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Question 971644: Consider the line 9x-5y=9
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?
What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

Answer by amarjeeth123(569)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation of the line is 9x-5y=9
5y=9x-9
y=9/5x-9/5
Comparing with y=mx+c we get slope m=9/5
Slope of a line parallel to this line=9/5
Slope of a line perpendicular to this line=-5/9

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