document.write( "Question 702086: Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line that passes through (4,6) and is perpendicular to the line given by y=x-3 \n" ); document.write( "

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What would the slope be of a line perpendicular to y=x-3?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The two slopes are negative reciprocals of each other. THAT slope then is -1.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You now have a point, (4, 6) and a slope, m=-1. You could use point-slope form for equation of a line and find the line or you could use formula for slope. I'll choose formula for slope.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%7Bm=%28y_2-x_1%29%2F%28x_2-x_1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "If point #1 is allowed to be (4, 6), then
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-1=%28y-6%29%2F%28x-4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "You finish from here yourself?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(seems that formatting is not working, trying to give subscripted variables)(still learning this) \n" ); document.write( "

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