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Write the equation of a line perpendicular to the given line.y=4/3×+1 is perpendicular to ______y=9x+13 is perpendicular to ______y=1/7x-6 is perpendicular to ______

User Dmitry Teplyakov
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y = 4/3 x + 1 is perpendicular to y = -3/4x + 1

y = 9x + 13 is perpendicular to y = - 1/9x + 13

y = 1/7x - 6 is perpendicular to y = -7x - 6

Just find the reciprocal of the slope to find the slope of trhe perpendicular line.

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