document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166991>Question 166991</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073309613/algebrahomeworkh>elementary &intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line passing through(2,3) and (5,y) is perpendicular to a line with a slope 3/4. What is the value of y? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the \"point-slope\" form of a linear equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1 = m(x-x1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For your problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x,y)=(2,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x1,y1)=(5,y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug it in and solve for y:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1 = m(x-x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-y = (3/4)(2-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-y = (3/4)(-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12-4y = (3)(-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12-4y = -9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 = 4y-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21 = 4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21/4 = y<BR>\n" );
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