document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=880308>Question 880308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the line 3x-5y=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the slope of a line parallel to this line? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Put the eqn in slope-intercept form y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means solve for y.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All lines parallel have the same slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All lines perpendicular have a slope that's the negative inverse, -1/m<BR>\n" );
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