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What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line 2y – 3x = 8?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Start by writing the line in slope-intercept form:

2y − 3x = 8 → 2y = 3x + 8 → y = (3/2)x + 4.

The slope of this line is 3/2. A perpendicular line has slope the negative reciprocal, so the slope is −2/3.