SOLUTION: Find the missing coefficient so that lines are perpendicular. x-3y= 2 and y=Bx+17

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Question 1164892: Find the missing coefficient so that lines are perpendicular. x-3y= 2 and y=Bx+17
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Find the missing coefficient so that lines are perpendicular. x-3y= 2 and y=Bx+17
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Find the slope m of x-3y = 2
B = -1/m