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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a line passes through (3,-1) and is perpendicular to the graph of y=(-1/3)x-4,what would the slope-intercept form be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(-1/3)x-4 is the slope-intercept form, so the slope is -1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To be perpendicular, the slope of the other line is the negative inverse, or +3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then use the slope-intercept and the point:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1)  (x1,y1) is (3,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y -(-1) = 3*(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+1 = 3x-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x - 10<BR>\n" );
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