document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=940893>Question 940893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with a math problem. See the question says to write an equation in slope-intercept form that is perpendicular to the line 2x - 5 = -11 and passes through the point (7,5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That formulation relied on some knowledge of standard form, and also some skill with slope-intercept form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ax+By=C has slope -(A/B), and the line perpendicular would have slope B/A.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b will easily give b=y-mx. </SPAN>\n" );
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