document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1020378>Question 1020378</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation for the line that contains the point (8,-2) and is perpendicular to the line 4x-2y=9 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2y=-4x%2B9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2y=-4x%2B9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=2x-9%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=2x-9%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any line perpendicular to the given line must have slope  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Such a line to pass through (8,-2), using the point-slope equation form, will be  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-%28-2%29=-%281%2F2%29%28x-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-%28-2%29=-%281%2F2%29%28x-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Do what you need or want from this form. </SPAN>\n" );
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