document.write( "Question 391168: If you are finding the line perpendicular to x + 3y = 5, what is the slope of the line?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve your given equation for y in terms of everything else. The resulting coefficient on x will be the slope of the given line. The slope of the perpendicular will be the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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