Consider the line 2x-3y=-2 .
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

Question

Consider the line 2x-3y=-2  .
What is the slope of a line parallel to this line?

What is the slope of a line perpendicular to this line?

kymber · Answer

Parallel lines have the same slope and perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes. First you need to put it into y=mx+b form.

anonymous · Answer

y=2/3x+2/3

anonymous · Answer

Parallel lines will have the same slope, so put 2x-3y=-2 in y=mx+b form. So, solve for y in your equation. The m stands for slope.

anonymous · Answer

then what

kymber · Answer

M is the slope in y=mx+b. So follow what I just said about parallel and perpendicular lines to get the slopes.

anonymous · Answer

i typed in perpendicular as 3/2. is that right?

anonymous · Answer

it says its wrong

kymber · Answer

No, perpendicular is opposite /and/ the reciprocal! Reciprocal being what you did, and opposite meaning positive/negative. So it would be -3/2. :P