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The slope of a line is -3. find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line.
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The slope of a line is -3. find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line.

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The answer would be 1/3
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When two lines are perpendicular, their slopes are opposite-reciprocals. The opposite-reciprocal of -3 is 1/3. Therefore, the slope will be 1/3
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