document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=205544>Question 205544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the equation of the line through (-4,6)and perpendicular y=-3x+4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope, m, of y=-3x+4 is -3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse, +1/3.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is the point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-6 = (1/3)*(x+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y-18 = x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3y = -22\r<BR>\n" );
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