SOLUTION: Consider the line -7x-8y=3 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 659214: Consider the line -7x-8y=3
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?
What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Consider the line -7x-8y=3
Find the slope.
Solve for y:
y = (-7/8)x - 3/8
The slope is -7/8
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What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?
The same, -7/8
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What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
The negative inverse, +8/7