SOLUTION: consider the line 6x+8y=2 What is the slope of a line parallel to this line? What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

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Question 593879: consider the line 6x+8y=2
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?
What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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consider the line
6x+8y=2
3x + 4y = 1
y = (-3/4)x + (1/4)
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What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?
Ans: -3/4
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What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
Ans: 4/3
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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