document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=955169>Question 955169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Give the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line that is perpendicular to 7x + 3y = 18 and contains P(6, 8) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope of 7x + 3y = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular to it is the negative inverse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Call that m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y - 8 = m*(x-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In slope-intercept form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = m*(x-6) + 8<BR>\n" );
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