SOLUTION: Consider the line -3x-9y=4. Find the equation of the line that is parallel to this line and passes through the point (-2,-4). Find the point that is perpendicular to this line an

Question 1186060: Consider the line -3x-9y=4.
Find the equation of the line that is parallel to this line and passes through the point (-2,-4).
Find the point that is perpendicular to this line and passes through the point (-2,-4)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The slope is

Slope of any line parallel to the line is also .
Slope of any line perpendicular to the given line is .

Finding your line perpendicular, and containing the given point; simplify this.
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