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document.write( "Equation of a line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b= y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope, m=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope of perpendicular line=-1 (negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: y=-x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using coordinates of given point (1,6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=-1+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation of perpendicular line: y=-x+7 </SPAN>\n" );
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