document.write( "Question 816906: Find the value of \"a\" for which the graph of the first equation is perpendicular to the graph of the second equation.
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document.write( "Find the value of \"a\" for which the graph of the first equation is
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document.write( " perpendicular to the graph of the second equation.
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document.write( "y = ax - 5 ; 2y = 3x
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document.write( "Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line 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( " 2y = 3x   0r    m = 
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document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another:
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document.write( " y = ax - 5    m =    Note:  
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document.write( "    a = 
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