document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=708227>Question 708227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is an equation of the line perpendicular of  y= -x-2 & through (-2,4)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the slope of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= -x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is -1 a line that is perpendicular must have a slope of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 (negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use slope (1) and (-2,4) and plug into the \"point-slope\" form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = x(x - x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 4 = 1(x - (-2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 4 = (x + 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = x + 2 +4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = x + 6 <BR>\n" );
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