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document.write( "slope-intercept form of equation for a line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -8x+4y=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=8x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope, m=2 y-intercept, b=1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For perpendicular line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-1/2 (negative reciprocal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: y=-x/2+1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "see graph below:<BR>\n" );
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