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  • 24-03-2022
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Consider the line y=2/5-4/3x what is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line

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  • 24-03-2022

The product of the slopes of this line and the line perpendicular to it is equal to -1.

Note that the slope if the coefficient of x.

Let

[tex] \alpha [/tex]

be the slope of the given line.

Let

[tex] \beta [/tex]

be the slope of the line perpendicular to it.

I can therefore say,

[tex] \alpha \times \beta = - 1[/tex]

[tex] \frac{ - 4}{3} \times \beta = - 1[/tex]

[tex] \beta = \frac{ - 1}{ \frac{ - 4}{3} } [/tex]

[tex] \beta = \frac{ - 3}{ - 4} = \frac{3}{ 4} [/tex]

The slope is 3/4

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