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Rectangle RSTU has vertices on the coordinate plane. If the slope of TU = 3/4 , then the slope of SR =

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The sides of a rectangle are perpendicular to each other.


The slopes of two perpendicular lines,
m_1 and
m_2, satisfy the following equation:



m_1 = - (1)/(m_2)


So, the slope of
SR is



- (1)/((3)/(4)) = -(4)/(3)

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