document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200078>Question 200078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the equation of y=-7/3x+5/3 perpendicular and passing through the point (1,-7) in slope intercept form </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-7/3)x + 5/3 is in slope-intercept for, so its slope, m, is -7/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lines perpendicular to it have a slope that's the negative inverse, or +3/7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then use<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is the point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+7 = (3/7)*(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+7 = (3/7)x - 3/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3/7)x - 52/7<BR>\n" );
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