SOLUTION: What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 3x+2y=7?

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Question 333489: What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 3x+2y=7?
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x+2y=7
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add -3x
3x-3x+2y=7-3x
2y= -3x+7
y -3/2 x +7/2
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the slope of this line = -3/2
slope of perpendicular line will be
negative reciprocal
= 2/3

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