SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line that is perpendicular to 3x+2y=4

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Question 114530: Find the slope of the line that is perpendicular to 3x+2y=4
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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3X+2Y=4
2Y=-3X+4
Y=-3X/2+4/2
Y=-3X/2+2 THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE OF -3/2.
THEREFORE THE PERPENDICULAR LINE HAS A SLOPE EQUAL TO THE NEGATIVE RECIPRICAL OR THE LINE IT IS PERPENDICULAR TO (2/3).