SOLUTION: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through points (0,5) and (-3,-4)

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Question 80256: Find the slope of any line perpendicular to the line through points (0,5) and (-3,-4)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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First lets find the slope through (0,5) and (-3,-4)

Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the slope


Slope of the line through the points (0, 5) and (-3, -4)



Answer: Slope is m+=+3




Now to find the perpendicular slope, we simply invert the orginal slope and negate it like this
m%5Bp%5D=-1%2Fm where m%5Bp%5D is the perpendicular slope
m%5Bp%5D=-1%2F3

So the perpendicular slope is

m=-1%2F3