document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=937120>Question 937120</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a liner equation (slope-intercept) perpendicular to 2x+3y=-9 and passing through (-4,5). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope intercept equationof a line: y=mx+b) m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3y=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=-2x-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2x/3-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For line perpendicular to given line: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope=3/2(negative reciprocl)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation: y=3x/2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using given coordinates(-4,5) on the line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5=3*(-4)/2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation of perpendicular line: y=3x/2+11 </SPAN>\n" );
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