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  • 19-04-2017
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The slope of a line is -1/3. Find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to this line.
-3
1/3
3

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irspow
irspow irspow
  • 19-04-2017
Perpendicular lines always have slopes which are negative reciprocals of each other.  Mathematically:

m1*m2=-1

In this case:

-1m/3=-1

m=3

So the slope of a perpendicular line to a line with a slope of -1/3 is 3.
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mf835459 mf835459
  • 19-04-2017
it 3 becosue it is switched 
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