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document.write( "Standard form for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope of line segment between (1,3) and (5,5)=&#8710;y/&#8710;x=(5-3)/5-1=2/4=1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope of line perpendicular to line segment=-2 (negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of line: y=-2x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using given point line passes thru, (3,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4=-2*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4=-6+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation: y=-2x+10 </SPAN>\n" );
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