Find the slope of a line perpendicular to 3x+10y=−20

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2022-09-30

Find the slope of a line perpendicular to 3 x + 10 y = - 20

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Demarion Thornton

Demarion Thornton

Beginner2022-10-01Added 11 answers

Consider your line written in a friendlier form as:
y = - 3 10 x - 2 (I isolated y on one side)
here you can "read" the slope m of your line which is m = - 3 10 (the coefficient of x);
Now, the line perpendicular will have slope m 1 = - 1 m
or: m 1 = 10 3

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