document.write( "Question 987389: Please help me solve this equation for a parallel line and a perpendicular line: y=1/4x-2; where the pass through points are (8, -1)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Parallel line:
\n" ); document.write( "Slope will be same as given line (m=1/4)
\n" ); document.write( "Using slope-intercept form:
\n" ); document.write( "y=mx+b
\n" ); document.write( "y=(1/4)x+b Substitute values of given point (8,-1) to get b.
\n" ); document.write( "-1=(1/4)8+b
\n" ); document.write( "-1=2+b
\n" ); document.write( "-3=b
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER 1: Equation of the parallel line through the given point:
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\n" ); document.write( "y=(1/4)x-3
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\n" ); document.write( "Perpendicular line:
\n" ); document.write( "Slope will be negative reciprocal of first slope (m=-4/1)
\n" ); document.write( "Using slope-intercept form:
\n" ); document.write( "y=mx+b
\n" ); document.write( "y=-4x+b Substitute values of given point (8,-1) to get b.
\n" ); document.write( "-1=-4(8)+b
\n" ); document.write( "-1=-32+b
\n" ); document.write( "31=b
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER 2: Equation of perpendicular line through given point:
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\n" ); document.write( "y=-4x+31 \n" ); document.write( "
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