document.write( "Question 952687: use point slope formal to write an equation of a line given the following information \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the line passes through (-5,1) and is perpendicular to y= 1/3x+1\r
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Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
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