document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=831016>Question 831016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the linear equation for <BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"the line is perpendicular to y=2x+1 and passes through (-2,3)\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"the line is perpendicular to y=2x+1 and passes through (-2,3)\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The given line has slope = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A perpendicular line will have slope = -1/2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = (-1/2)(-2) + b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = 1 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/2)x + 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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