document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=940925>Question 940925</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 16.) Find the slope of the line that is perpendicular to the line 3x-5y=20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to find the slope of the line that is perpendicular to the line <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-5y=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-5y=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, first write this line in slope-intercept form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a slope and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is y-intercept:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-5y=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-5y=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-20=5y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-20=5y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2F5-20%2F5=5y%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2F5-20%2F5=5y%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F5%29x-4=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F5%29x-4=y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%283%2F5%29x-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%283%2F5%29x-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, the slope of this line is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=%283%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=%283%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5Bp%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5Bp%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the line that is perpendicular to this line will have a slope negative reciprocal of the slope <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=%283%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=%283%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5Bp%5D=-%281%2F%283%2F5%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5Bp%5D=-%281%2F%283%2F5%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5Bp%5D=-%285%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5Bp%5D=-%285%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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