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What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line y = (-3/2)x - 14?

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The line is given by y=(-3/2)x-14.

The general equation of a straight line is y=mx+c, where m is the slope and c is the y intercept.

Comparing y=(-3/2)x-1 with y=mx+c, we find that the slope is m=-3/2.

The slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line with slope m is ,

M=-(1/m)

Hence, the slope of the perpendicular line is,


M=-(1)/(m)=(-1)/((-3)/(2))=(2)/(3)

Therefore, the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line y = (-3/2)x - 14 is 2/3.

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