SOLUTION: How can you find the slope of a parallel line and the slope of a perpendicular line with the equation of 11x+6y=18?

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Question 680431: How can you find the slope of a parallel line and the slope of a perpendicular line with the equation of 11x+6y=18?
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Arrange into y=mx+b format
11x + 6y = 18
6y = -11x + 18
y = -11%2F6x + 3
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A parallel line will have the same slope of -11%2F6.
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A perpendicular line will have a negative reciprocal slope of 6%2F11
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