document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=80532>Question 80532</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation for the line with y-intercept 3 that is perpendicular to the line y=2/3x-4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perpendicular lines have slopes that are the \"negative reciprocals\" of each other.  Example:  Slope #1 = 2, Slope #2 = (-1/2)=-1/2 if the lines are perpendicular:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the slope-intercept formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If Line #1 has a slope of 2/3 (The equation of the line is y=2/3x-4.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Than Line #2 has a slope of -3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Line #2 also has a y-intercept (b-term) of 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Than for Line #2, the equation of the line is y=-3/2x+3 </SPAN>\n" );
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