document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333680>Question 333680</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation for the line: through (-5,1) and perpendicular to y=3x-4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-1/3        y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=-1/3(-5)+b        <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=5/3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/5=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Y=-1/3X+3/5 Is this correct?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #239135 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=239135\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=”Garamond” size=”+2”>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Missed it by <i><b>THAT</i></b> much (he said holding his thumb and forefinger apart with a scant millimeter between them).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You were absolutely on the right track, you simply stumbled over a little algebra toward the end.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You were absolutely correct up to and including the step where you said:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1\ =\ \frac{5}{3}\ +\ b\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But then you treated <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{5}{3}\"> as if it were a coefficient of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> rather than a separate term.  Rather than saying <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> is the reciprocal of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{5}{3}\">, you needed to add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -\frac{5}{3}\"> to both sides of your equation, thus:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1\ -\ \frac{5}{3}\ =\ b\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ b\ =\ -\frac{2}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And finally you can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ -\frac{1}{3}x\ -\ \frac{2}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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