SOLUTION: what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line y= 3/5+8

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Question 1105235: what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line y= 3/5+8
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what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line y= 3/5+8
y = 43/5 is a line parallel to the x-axis.
Its slope is zero.
Lines perpendicular have a slope that's the negative inverse.
--> infinite or undefined.