Question 203778: What is the slope of a line perpendicular to a line with y = 3x - 5?
Answer by RAY100(1637)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! y=3x-5
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The slope intercept form is ,,,,,y=mx+b,,,
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fitting the form,,,,m=3,,,,slope
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to be perpendicular, a line must have negative reciprocal slope,
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m(2) = -1/m(1)
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in this case,,,m(2) =-1/3= (-1/3)
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