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How to write perpendicular equations

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For example, we know that y = − 1 3 x + 5 y=\frac{-1}{3}x+5 y=3−1x+5 is perpendicular to y = 3 x − 2 y=3x-2 y=3x−2 because 3−1, the new slope, is the opposite reciprocal of 3, the original slope

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