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document.write( "The given line equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    12x - 9y = 135.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write it in the slope-intercept form\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y =  - ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y =  - 15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Coefficient at 'x' is  ,  so the slope of the given line is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of a line perpendicular to this line is opposite reciprocal to  ,  i.e. is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The slope of a line perpendicular to the given line is  .\r\n" );
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