SOLUTION: Consider the line -x-3y=-1 what is the slope of a line parallel to this line? And slope of a perpendicular to this line also

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Question 855290: Consider the line -x-3y=-1 what is the slope of a line parallel to this line? And slope of a perpendicular to this line also
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert to slope-intercept form, y=mx%2Bb
-x-3y=-1
3y=-x%2B1
y=-%281%2F3%29x%2B1
Parallel lines have identical slopes, m%5Bpar%5D=-1%2F3
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
m%5Bperp%5D%2A%28-1%2F3%29=-1
m%5Bperp%5D=3