document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=189828>Question 189828</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope of a line perpendicular to  2x + 3y =4   slope=____________<BR>\n" );
document.write( "could you break it down to where I might be able to understand it?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  2x + 3y =4 \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first thing you need to do is put this into slope-intercept (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y = mx + b\">) form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add -2<i>x</i> to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  3y = -2x + 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  y = -\frac{2}{3}x + \frac{4}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the slope of the given line is the coefficient on the <i>x</i> variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next you need to use:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  L_1 \perp L_2 \ \ \Leftrightarrow\ \ m_1 = -\frac{1}{m_2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to calculate the slope of a perpendicular.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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