document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=87649>Question 87649</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please help me with this equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an equation of the line containg the given point and perpendicular to the given line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(0,7) 2x+7y=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(0,7) 2x+7y=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The given line can be written in slope-intercept form as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-2/7)x - (3/7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This line has slope = -2/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any line perpendicular to it must have slope = +7/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation you want is y=mx+b where m=7/2, y=7 when x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That equation is y=(7/2)x+7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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