What is the slope of the line perpendicular to -2y=3x+5 ?
please help me

Question

What is the slope of the line perpendicular to -2y=3x+5  ?
please help me

mathstudent55 · Answer

To find the slope of a line, write the equation of the line in the slope-intercept form,
$y = mx + b$.
To do that, solve the equation for y.
Then the slope, m, can be read directly off the equation.

mathstudent55 · Answer

Do you know how to solve
$ - 2y = 3x + 5$  for  $y$?

anonymous · Answer

no i have no idea how to do that :/ @mathstudent55

mathstudent55 · Answer

On the left side of the equation you have -2y. You want y by itself. What operation is being done to y to get -2y?

anonymous · Answer

subtract 5

anonymous · Answer

y=-7/3

mathstudent55 · Answer

No. Forget the 5.
Look at the left side of the equation only.
The left side of the eqaution is the side to the left of the equal sign which is only -2y.
Got it?

anonymous · Answer

i dont get it im sorry @mathstudent55

mathstudent55 · Answer

Ok, we'll go over it step by step.

Here's the equation, ok?
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mathstudent55 · Answer

This is the left side of the equation, ok?

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