document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=64737>Question 64737</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the slope-intercept form of an equation of the line that passes through thr given point and is perpendicular to the graph of each equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,-2), y= -1/3x+9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got really confused in class today and my teacher explained how to do these problems in examples. Is there a formula i can use for it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #45273 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=45273\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Y=-1/X+9 IS A LINE WITH A SLOPE OF (-1/3) & A Y INTERCEPT OF (0,9).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FOR A LINE TO BE PERPENDICULAR IT MUST HAVE A SLOPE THAT IS THE NEGATIVE RECIPRICAL OF THE LINE IT IS PERPENDICULAT TO. THUS THE SLOPE IS 3 FOR THE PERPENDICULAR LINE THROUGH (-2,-2).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW SUBSTITUTE THESE POINTS X=-2, Y=-2 AND THE SLOPE IN THE LINE FORMULA<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=mX+b WE GET<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=3(-2)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=-6+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B=-2+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=4 SOLUTION FOR THE Y INTERCEPT (0,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS THE EQUATION FOR THIS LINE IS <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=3X+4  </SPAN>\n" );
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