document.write( "Question 480586: A line passes through the point (-2,-5) and is perpendicular to the line -2x+y=9
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Line perpendicular to the line:
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document.write( " -2x+y=9  OR y = 2x+ 9 slope m = 2
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document.write( "New Line: y = mx + b
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document.write( " y = (-1/2)x + b   |Has a slope that is the negative reciprocal of m = 2
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document.write( " y = (-1/2)x + b  |Using Pt(-2,-5) to solve for b
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document.write( "-5 = (-1/2)*-2 + b
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document.write( " -6 = b 
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document.write( "Equation of the new Line is y = (-1/2)x - 6
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