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document.write( "form of equation for a line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-1/3x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope,m=-1/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope,m of perpendicular line=3(negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:y=3x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using given coordinates on the line(-2,-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=3*(-2)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:y=3x+4 </SPAN>\n" );
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