SOLUTION: what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation 6x - 4y= 30

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Question 226541: what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line with equation 6x - 4y= 30
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The slope of a perpendicular to a given line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line. That is to say:



Solve your given equation for to put it into slope-intercept form, determine the slope by inspection, and then take the negative reciprocal of that slope.

In general, if you have , then . The slope of the given line is then and the slope of the perpendicular would be

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