document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=58484>Question 58484</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> L has y-intercept (0,2) and is perpendicular to the line with equation 2x - 3y = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Put the equation of the line that they gave you in slope intercept form: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, m=slope and (0,b) is the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-3y=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x+2x-3y=-2x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3y=-2x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3y%2F-3=%28-2%2F-3%29x%2B6%2F-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3y%2F-3=%28-2%2F-3%29x%2B6%2F-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%282%2F3%29x-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%282%2F3%29x-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of this line is m=2/3 and perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other so change the sign and flip it over and you have the slope of a perpendicular line: m=-3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They gave you the y-intercept to go through with your perpendicular line: (0,b)=(0,2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug m=-3/2 and b=2 into y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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