The lines 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 and ax + 3y + 2 = 0 Are perpendicular

      

The lines 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 and ax + 3y + 2 = 0
Are perpendicular

  

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John
From3x + 2y – 7 = 0

2y = -3x + 7; y = 32x + 72

M1 = gradient = - 32

From ax + 3y + 2 = 0

Y = - a3x - 32

M2 = gradient = - a3

For perpendicular lines

M1m2 = -1 therefore -32 x -32 x a3 = -1

3a6 = -1; 3a = -6; a = -2
johnmulu answered the question on March 6, 2017 at 05:40


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