document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030078>Question 1030078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which equation for a line would be perpendicular to the line on a graph that is represented by the following equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       2x+7y=21 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #644988 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=644988\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You could solve for y and adjust to general form to read the slope, and then for any line perpendicular, the slope would be the negative reciprocal of that slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you know how STANDARD FORM equation works, the slope of the given line is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so any line PERPENDICULAR to it will be  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%287x-2y=k%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%287x-2y=k%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, for ANY REAL NUMBER, k. </SPAN>\n" );
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