SOLUTION: the line y=ax+b is perpendicular to the line y-3x=4 and passes through point (1,-2). Find the value of a and b.
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Question 884975: the line y=ax+b is perpendicular to the line y-3x=4 and passes through point (1,-2). Find the value of a and b.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
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Use the point slope form of a line,
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