document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164166>Question 164166</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780078738227/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra I</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the slope intercept form of an equation for the line that passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the graph of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2, 0), y = x-6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x-6 this line has a slope=1. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus the perpendicular line through (-2,0) will have a slope=-1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=mX+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=-1*-2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus the line equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x-2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-x+-2%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-x+-2%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, -x -2).  </SPAN>\n" );
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