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What is the slope of a line perpendicular to y = –7/4x?

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to y = –7/4x?-example-1
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Ok, the equation for a line is y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept. For 2 lines to be perpendicular, their slopes(m's) have to multiply to -1. Therefore, we can set up -7/4*x=-1 to find the slope of the perpendicular line. x then would equal 4/7 or C.
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