Consider the line 9x + 8y = -8. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line? What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

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Consider the line 9x + 8y = -8.

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

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Answer:

Explanation:

The slope of the line is -9/8. The slope of any parallel to the line is also -9/8.

Ebelanger answered May 10, 2022

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