document.write( "Question 636324: What is the equation of the line passing through (0, 2) and perpendicular to the line y = 4x – 3 in slope-intercept form? \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 passing through (0, 2) and perpendicular to the line y = 4x – 3, m = 4
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document.write( "New Line:   Note: negative reciprocal of 4
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document.write( " y = (-1/4)x + b
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document.write( " 2 = (-1/4)·0  + b   |Using ordered pair (x,y): (0,2)  to solve for b
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document.write( " 2 = b
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document.write( " y = (-1/4)x + 2
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