document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=304450>Question 304450</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation :\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write an equation in slope-intercept from for the line perpendicular to y=-5x+7 that passes thorough the pont (-5,7). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (1/5)x + b ___ substitute in (-5,7) to find \"b\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 = (1/5)(-5) + b ___ 8 = b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (1/5)x + 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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