Find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line on the line 2x - 3y - 5 = 0

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2022-11-03

Find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line on the line 2x - 3y - 5 = 0

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Beginner2022-11-04Added 13 answers

2 x - 3 y - 5 = 0
first rearrange to the form
y = m x + c
2 x - 5 = 3 y
y = 2 3 x - 5 3
now m= the slope/grdient
m = 2 3
for teh perpendicular slope we use teh relation
m 1 m 2 = - 1
m 2 = - 1 m 1 = - 1 2 3 = - 3 2

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