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Consider the line 7x+5y=9
What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

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Answer: perpendicular = 5/7

parallel = -7/5

Explanation:

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User TheMightyLlama
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Answer:

5/7 and -7/5

Explanation:

slope is - 7/5

if line is written as Ax + By + C = 0

the slope is -A/B

if you work that equation you have

By = - Ax - C

y = (-A/B) × x - C/B

and term multiplying the x is the slope in case you had doubts about the - A/B

the multiplication of the slopes of 2 lines that are perpendicular is - 1

x × -7/5 = -1

x = 5/7

the slope of 2 lines that are parallels is the same, so slope = -7/5

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