document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=384662>Question 384662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the slope of the line perpendicular to this line y=3x-6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a line perpendicular must have a \"negative reciprocal\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, if we<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let m = slope of perpendicular line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3m = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -1/3 (this is your slope)<BR>\n" );
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