document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=377013>Question 377013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope of the line that is a) parallel and b) perpendicular to the given line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-3x+5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This is slope-intercept form, y = mx + b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = slope, b = y-axis intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All lines parallel have the same slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) m = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse, -1/m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) +1/3\r<BR>\n" );
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