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The slope of a straight line perpendicular to another is the negative reciprocal

So you have 3x+y = 15

y = -3x+15

here the slope is -3 ( the number in front of the x is slope, m, remember?)

so the slope of the line perpendicular is minus (1/-3) = 1/3

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