Answer:
slope of a line parallel to this line= -3/8
slope of a line perpendicular to this line= 8/3
Explanation:
The general equation of a line in terms of a and b is:
y=ax+b where a=slope
in order to get the slope of the line we have to write its equation as the form shown above:
3x+8y=1
8y= -3x+1
y= (-3/8)x+(1/8)
so slope= -3/8
Parallel lines have equal slopes
⇒ slope of parallel line= -3/8
The slope of the line perpendicular to another line is the opposite reciprocal of the original line's slope. This means that we have to exchange the numerater by the denomenator and multiply the obtained number by a negative sign:
⇒ slope of perpendicular line= -(-8/3) = 8/3