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Find the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 12x-9y=27. Fully simplify your answer.

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Answer: -3/4

Explanation:

You are going to change 12x - 9y = 27 to y=mx+b form because that makes it so much easier.

12x - 9y = 27

-12x -12x

-9y = -12x + 27

/-9 /-9 /-9

y = 4/3x - 3

The slope of a line that it perpendicular to another line will be the opposite reciprocal. The reciprocal of 4/3 is 3/4 and we will just change the sign of that. Your final answer will be -3/4.

User Saheb Singh
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