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document.write( "Find the slope:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Difference of y's over difference of x's\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the negative reciprocal of -4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  The perpendicular will have this slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b is slope intercept form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in what you know:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=1/4x+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find b, plug in the coordinates (1,3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3=1/4(1)+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3=1/4 +b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 1/4 from 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11/4=b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug it in.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=1/4x+11/4.  This is the equation of the line. </SPAN>\n" );
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