document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=730119>Question 730119</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me with this please???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the slope intercept form of the line that pass through point A(-5,9) and is perpendicular to the line with equation 2y-3x+5=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope of the line, m1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y-3x+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put it into slope-intercept form (solve for y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3/2)x - 5/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m1 = 3/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse = -2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use y = mx + b and the point to find b, the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 = (-2/3)*-5 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 17/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> y = (-2/3)x + 17/3 is the equation<BR>\n" );
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