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document.write( "     Find an equation for the line with y-intercept 3 that is perpendicular to the line y=2/3x-4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      The required eq'n is y = mx+c \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         y intercept = c = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         product of slopes = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            m.M = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              m = -1/M = -1/2/3 = -3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           The eq'n becomes y = -3x/2+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                            2y = -3x+6    (multiply by 2 throughout)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                          3x+2y = 6  </SPAN>\n" );
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