Perpendicular lines will have negative reciprocal slopes. Example : if u r given a slope of 1/3, to find the negative reciprocal, flip the slope and change the sign. So the negative reciprocal of 1/3 is -3/1 or just -3. So slope 1/3 and slope -3 are perpendicular. ================== equation 2 : 4x + 2y = 6 2y = -4x + 6 y = -2x + 3...the slope here is -2....a perpendicular line will have a slope of 1/2.
y = (a/3)x - 6......so we have to make a/3 = 1/2......1.5/3 = 1/2 so a = 1.5 =================== eq. 2 : 3/4x + 2 not sure what the entire equation is.....but it looks to have a slope of 3/4. That means a perpendicular line will have a slope of -4/3.
3y + ax = 9 3y = -ax + 9 y = (-a/3)x + 3.....therefore, a has to be 4