document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201388>Question 201388</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line satisfying the given conditions\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Through (-4,3); perpendicular to -8x+5y=77\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+8y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-8y=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x-5y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-8y=4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Through (-4,3); perpendicular to -8x+5y=77 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope of -8x+5y=77 by putting it in slope-intercept form y=mx+b (that means solve for y).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x+5y=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 8x + 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (8/5)x + 77/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope, m, is 8/5.  Lines perpendicular will have a slope that's the negative invervse, m = -5/8.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is the point (-4,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-3 = (-5/8)*(x+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8y-24 = -5x - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+8y = 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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