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document.write( "Can you help me find the linear function through the point f(-4)=6 perpendicular to this line y-5=2/3(x+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "standard form of equation for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-5=2/3(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(2/3)x+4/3+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(2/3)x+4/3+15/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(2/3)x+19/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope=2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For perpendicular line, slope=-3/2 (negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-3/2)x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b, using coordinates of given point (-4,6) (From f(-4)=6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=-3/2*-4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=6+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of perpendicular line: y=-3x/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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