SOLUTION: help on this one please! write the slope-intercept form of the equatin of the line through (-1,2) that is perpendicular to the line x+3y=4 thank you for your help!

SOLUTION: help on this one please! write the slope-intercept form of the equatin of the line through (-1,2) that is perpendicular to the line x+3y=4 thank you for your help!

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Question 63212: help on this one please!
write the slope-intercept form of the equatin of the line through (-1,2) that is perpendicular to the line x+3y=4 thank you for your help!
Answer by Cintchr(481) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

get this in slope-intercept form

If the new line is perpendicular to this one ... its slope is the opposite reciprocal of -1/3 .... +3

plug in (-1,2)

solve for b

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