document.write( "Question 436166: what is the slope int form of a line that is passing through the point of (-2,5) and is perpendicular to the equation y=3x+4. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b
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document.write( "  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  
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document.write( "line that is passing through the point of (-2,5) 
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document.write( "and is perpendicular to the equation y=3x+4. slope m = 3/1
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document.write( "perpendicular have slopes that are negative reciproclas of one another:
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document.write( " y = (-1/3)x + b   |Using ordered pair pt(-2,5) to solve for b
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document.write( " 5 = (-1/3)*-2 + b
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document.write( " 13/3 = b
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document.write( "    y = (-1/3)x + 13/3   OR x+ 3y = 13\r
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