document.write( "Question 327203: find an equation in standard form of the line:
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a) Find the slope.
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\n" ); document.write( "Now use the slope intercept form, \"y=mx%2Bb\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"4=3%284%29%2Bb\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4=12%2Bb\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"m2=-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-x%2Bb\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"8=0%2Bb\"
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