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