Problema Solution

Which line is perpendicular to the line y = 3x/4 + 3

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the slope of the line y = 3x/4 + 3 is 3/4


let the slope of the perpendicular line be 'm'


if the lines are perpendicular then when you multiply their slopes, you get -1 thus


m*(3/4) = -1


m = -(4/3)


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all the lines with slope -(4/3) are perpendicular to the line y = 3x/4 + 3


they can be written as y = -4x/3 +b, where b is the y-intercept of the line


for example one such line is for b = 1


y = -4x/3 + 1