document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=347156>Question 347156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9.   Find the slope of a line perpendicular to 2x – 5y = 3.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "*Note:  The slope of a line and slope of a line perpendicular to it: are negative reciprocals <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First find the slope of the line given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put it into a slope-intercept form of a line:  y = m*x = b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m being the slope ad b the y-inteccept)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x – 5y =3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "– 5*y = -2*x+ 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = 2/5  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of the line perpendicular to it is: m = -5/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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