SOLUTION: how to you find the equation for A line that passes through (1,1) and is perpendicular to the line 4x+6Y=18.

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Question 273313: how to you find the equation for A line that passes through (1,1) and is perpendicular to the line 4x+6Y=18.
Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
swapping the x and y coefficients, and changing ONE of the signs, will give a perpendicular line

plugging in the coordinates of the point will give the new constant term

6(1) - 4(1) = 2

the new line is ___ 6x - 4y = 2

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