document.write( "Question 315196: I am studying for a final tomorrow, and I am really stuck on questions such as these: The lines 2x - 3y = -15 and 3x + ky = 12 are perpendicular. What is the value of k? \n" ); document.write( "
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Find the slope of each line.
\n" ); document.write( "Put each line in slope-intercept form, \"y=mx%2Bb\".
\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1%2Am2=-1\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"2x-3y=-15\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-3y=-2x-15\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%282%2F3%29x%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m1=2%2F3\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"3x+%2B+ky+=+12\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"ky=-3x%2B12\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%283%2Fk%29x%2B12\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=-%283%2Fk%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"m1%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282%2F3%29%28-%283%2Fk%29%29=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28k=2%29\"
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