document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=822203>Question 822203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The slope of a line is 2/3. What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #494664 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=494664\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other. The negative part of \"negative reciprocals\" means the reciprocals have opposite signs.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So to find a negative reciprocal of some number:<ol><li>Write it as a fraction if it is not already a fraction. (Put integers over a 1.)</li><li>Flip your number upside down and change its sign,</li></ol>So to find the negative reciprocal of 2/3...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. It is already a fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. Flip it upside down and change the sign: -3/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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