document.write( "Question 390620: If you are finding the line perpendicular to x + 3y = 5, what is the slope of the line? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Note: the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is y = mx + b  
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document.write( "where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.          
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document.write( " x + 3y = 5   |solving for y to put into the slope-intercept form
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document.write( "    y = -(1/3)x + 5/3 Slope of this line is -(1/3)
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document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another
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document.write( " Slope of the line to be found is m = 3
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