document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=896004>Question 896004</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Plese help me solve this equation: Write an equation of a line that passes through (2,-3) and is perpendicular to y=2x+3. I have no idea on where to start on this problem </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Where were you in class? Where is your textbook?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Are there no examples?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the equation for any line ? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What do you know about the slope of perpendicular lines?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " y=2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the slope of that line?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the slope of a line perpendicular to it?<BR>\n" );
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