document.write( "Question 322839: determine the equation of the line described. put answer in slope-intercept form, if possible.\r
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\"5x%2B3y=-13\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3y=-5x-13\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"-%285%2F3%29%2Am2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=3%2F5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"y=mx%2Bb=%283%2F5%29x%2Bb\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use the point (-8,1) to solve for \"b\".
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\n" ); document.write( "\"b=5%2F5%2B24%2F5\"
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