Question

Consider the line 3x+8y=6 .

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

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

Answer 1

@MrNood

Answer 2

@random231

Answer 3

line parallel has the same slope and perpendicular has -(1/slope)

Answer 4

same slope as what?

Answer 5

the given line ofcourse!

Answer 6

you need to re-arrange the equation so it reads
y= mx + c
m is the slope of the given line
the slope of a line perpendicular to it is -1/m
the slope of a line parallel is the same
(it is just the value of c that changes for a parallel line)