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Find the slope of a line perpendicular to y = 3x + 7.
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Find the slope of a line perpendicular to y = 3x + 7.

User Vasyl Demin
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y=-1/3x+2.66 is what i got

User Jmatraszek
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To create the perpendicular of a given slope, you use the negative of the slope's reciprocal.

The negative reciprocal of 3 is -1/3.

Therefore, the new slope would be -1/3.
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