document.write( "Question 879587: Please help and explain how you came up with the answer. For some reason I continue to do something wrong when solving these particular problems.\r
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document.write( "line perpendicular to , m = 3
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document.write( "New line:  m = (-1/3) thru P(4,1)
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document.write( "***Using point-slope form, 
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document.write( "  y -1 = (-1/3)(x-4)
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document.write( "   y = (-1/3)x + 4/3 + 1
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document.write( "   y = (-1/3)x + 7/3
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document.write( "or
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document.write( " x + 3y = 7 in standard form \n" );
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