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Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

So, we are given that the slope of side AB is -3.

Let's draw out a right triangle. C

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A B

So, we see side AB, and side BC.

(Don't look at AB as a straight line like this, imagine it slanted if you want to)

If the slope is -3, and the intersection of AB and BC make a perpendicular, then a slope of
(1)/(3) would cause the right angle to form.

So,
(1)/(3) is the slope of BC.

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