document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=278185>Question 278185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equationfor the line that is perpendicular to the given line and that passes through the given point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x-3;(4,6) and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "find the slope of a line perpendicular to the graph of each equation y=-3x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=x-3;(4,6) and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope of any line perpendicular to a given line of slope m =-1/m since their slopes product must be equal to -1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =x-3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope m =1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope a  kine perpenducolr to this line =-1/1 =-1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4,6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1=m(x-x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-6= -1(x-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-6== -x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+x-10 =0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the slope of a line perpendicular to the graph of each equation y=-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slopof y =-3x m =-3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as said above slope of a line perpendiculr to y =-63x is -1/-3 =1/3. </SPAN>\n" );
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