document.write( "Question 409825: Write the slope-intercept equation for the line that passes through (-2, 3) and is perpendicular to 2x – 9y = -12 Please show all of your work. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "line that passes through (-2, 3) and is perpendicular to 2x – 9y = -12 
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document.write( "2x – 9y = -12 OR y = (2/9)x + 12/9  |slope m = 2/9.  
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document.write( "perpendicular lines have slopes that are neagtive reciprocals of one another
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document.write( "New Line: m = -9/2   |Note: 2/9*-9/2 = -1
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document.write( " y = (-9/2)x + b   |using ordered pair Pt(-2,3) to solve for b
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document.write( " 3 = 9 + b
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document.write( " -6 = b 
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document.write( "  y = (-9/2)x -6  |written in slope-intercept form
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