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Find the slope of a line that is a) parallel and b) perpendicular to the given line.3x + 2y = -3

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(a)

The given equation of a line is,

[tex]3x+2y=-3\text{ ---(1)}[/tex]

The general equation of a straight line is given by,

[tex]y=mx+c\text{ }---(2)[/tex]

Here, m is the slope of the line and c is the y intercept.

Rewrite equation (1) into the form of equation (2).

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2y=-3x-3 \\ y=\frac{-3}{2}x-\frac{3}{2}\text{ ---(3)} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Comparing equations (1) and (3), we get the slope of the line m=-3/2.

Two parallel lines has the same slope. So, the slope of a line parallel to the line 3x+2y=-3 with slope m=-3/2 is -3/2.

(b)

The slope of a line perpendicular to the line with slope m=-3/2 is,

[tex]M=\frac{-1}{m}=\frac{-1}{-\frac{3}{2}}=\frac{2}{3}[/tex]

Therefore, the slope of a line perpendicular to 3x+2y=-3 with slope m=-3/2 is 2/3.