document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275632>Question 275632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My grandson needs help and I am lost:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the slope of any line that is perpendicular to the line 5x-2y=12.  what are the steps?? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Start by determining the slope of the line represented by your given equation.  To do that, put the given equation into slope-intercept form.  To do that, solve the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> in terms of everything else.  For your problem, add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -5x\"> to both sides of the equation and then multiply both sides of the equation by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -\frac{1}{2}\">.  The slope of the line represented by the given equation will then be the resulting coefficient on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals.  That is to say:\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}\ \text{ and } m_1,\, m_2\, \neq\, 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, once you have determined the slope of the line represented by the given equation, determine the negative reciprocal of that slope.  If the slope is a fraction, turn the fraction over and change the sign.\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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