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Consider the line 5x + 7y = -2

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

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The slope of the parallel line should be the same slope as 5x + 7y = -2
5x + 7y = -2
7y = -5x - 2
y = (-5/7)x - (2/7)
slope of the parallel line is (-5/7)

slope of the perpendicular line will be negative and reciprocal to the perpendicular line.
this would be 7/5
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