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Whay is the slope of a perpendicular to the line whose equation is 3x+y=-6

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Whay is the slope of a perpendicular to the line whose equation is 3x+y=-6-example-1
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Answer:

1/3

Explanation:

3x + y = -6

y = -3x - 6

The slopes of two perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other

so negative reciprocal of -3 is 1/3

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