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Which line is perpendicular to 3y=5x-1?

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Answer:

Any line with a slope of -3/5 would be perpendicular to this line.

Explanation:

In order to find this, first solve the current line for y.

3y = 5x - 1

y = 5/3x - 1/3

Now that we have the original slope of 5/3, we can look for the perpendicular slope. Perpendicular slopes are opposite and reciprocal. This means that 5/3 becomes -3/5. So, any line with that slope would be perpendicular.

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