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Find the slope of a line that is a) parallel and b) perpendicular to the given line.- 5x + 3y = 1

User Victor Le
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the given line is,

-5x + 3y = 1

first of all lets establish the slope of the given line

the eqaution of a line in slope-intercept form is,

y = mx + b

where m is the slope, b is the y-intercept

lets arrange the given line eqaution in the form of the slope formular above

so,

3y = 1 + 5x

3y = 5x + 1

making y the subject of formular,

y = 5x/3 + 1/3

therefore:

a) a line that is parallel with slope m = 5/3

b) the slope that is perpendicular to the given line

the perpendicular slope is the opposite reciprocal

that is, m1 . m2 = -1

recall, m1 = 3/5

m2 = -1 X 3/5

= -3/5

therefore the perpendicular slope is -3/5

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