document.write( "Question 620436: What is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form? the line perpendicular to y = 1/3x + 5 through (2, 1) \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 perpendicular to y =  1/3x + 5 through (2, 1)
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document.write( "Note: slopes of perpendicular lines  are negative reciprocals of one another
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document.write( " y = -3x + b   ||using Pt(2,1) to solve for b
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document.write( " 1 = -6 + b
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document.write( " 7 = b
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document.write( " y = -3x + 7
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