SOLUTION: Find the value of k if the lines 2x-3y=5 and 6x-(k+1)y =1 are perpendicular

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Question 1041978: Find the value of k if the lines 2x-3y=5 and 6x-(k+1)y =1 are perpendicular
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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6x-%28k%2B1%29y+=1
Slope would be 6%2F%28k%2B1%29.

2x-3y=5
Slope is 2%2F3.

If you are not sure about those, then solve each equation for y in terms of x, and adjust into slope intercept form, and read each slope.


Slopes are described to be perpendicular.
%286%2F%28k%2B1%29%29%282%2F3%29=-1.