document.write( "Question 633147: 1. perpendicular to and bisecting the line segment whose endpoints are A(-1,6) and B(5,-4). the answer is 3x-5y-1=0. what is the solution of it?
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document.write( " Line perpendicular to and bisectingthe line segment whose endpoints are A(-1,6) and 
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document.write( "B(5,-4)  m = 10/-6 = -5/3 
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document.write( "And midpointof the  line segment is (2,1)  |Midpoint Pt(x,y):  ( , )
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document.write( "New Perpendicular Line:
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document.write( " m = 3/5   | perpendicular lines have slopes that are the negative reciprocal of one another
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document.write( " y = mx + b
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document.write( " y = (3/5)x + b
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document.write( " 1 = (3/5)2 + b
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document.write( " -1/5 = b
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document.write( "y = (3/5)x - 1/5   or  3x-5y -1 = 0\r
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document.write( "Line with slope equal to -1 and x-intercept equal to 6
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document.write( " y = mx + b
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document.write( " y = -x + b   |using ordered pair (6,0) to find b
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document.write( " 0 = -6 + b
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document.write( " 6 = b
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document.write( "y = -x + 6   or x + y-6 = 0 \n" );
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