document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=436946>Question 436946</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I solve this problem,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the slope-intercept form of an equation of the line that passes through the y-axis at 5 and is perpendicular to the graph of 2x=3y+4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your line represented by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "the line that passes through the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-axis ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-axis\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it means if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; and that means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+mx%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+mx%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the slope of this line perpendicular to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x=3y%2B4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x=3y%2B4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, write it in sloe-intercept form first:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2x=3y%2B4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2x=3y%2B4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3y=2x-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3y=2x-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+y=%282%2F3%29x-4%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+y=%282%2F3%29x-4%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope is 2/3, and you take the negative reciprocal of the slop of your given line, or -3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This gives you a general line of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+-%283%2F2%29x%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+-%283%2F2%29x%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now, graph them both:\r<BR>\n" );
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