document.write( "Question 629919: 4. Find the formula for the linear function that passes through the point P = ( -4, -1 ) and is perpendicular to the linear function g(x) which has the properties:
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document.write( "Find the formula for the linear function that passes through the point P = ( -4, -1 ) 
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document.write( "and is perpendicular to the linear function g(x) which has the properties:
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document.write( " g(2) = 9
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document.write( " g(-1) = -1
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document.write( "As Ordered Pairs(x,y)
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document.write( "(2,9)
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document.write( "(-1,-1)  m = 10/3     
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document.write( "New Line:        
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document.write( " y = mx + b      || Note perpendicular... m = -3/10
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document.write( "y = (-3/10)x + b
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document.write( "   Using pt(-4,-1) to solve for b
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document.write( " -22/10 = b
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document.write( "y = (-3/10)x -22/10     or in standard form  3x + 10y = -22 \n" );
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