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What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line whose equation is $A x+B y+C=0, A \neq 0$ and $B \neq 0 ?$
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To do this, we need to rearrange the equation into slope-intercept form, which is $y = mx + c$, where $m$ is the slope and $c$ is the y-intercept. Show more…
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