Thread: equation of perpendicular line
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Old November 21st, 2008, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Plato View Post
The slope if the given line is \frac {2}{3}, so the line perpendicular line has slope \frac {-3}{2}.
so flip the numerator and denom and add negative sign?


so inthis case the equation will be y = \frac{-3}{2}x + 14
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