document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1072016>Question 1072016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and perpendicular to y = 3x. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and perpendicular to y = 3x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Point slope form is   y-y1 = m(x-x1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where (x1,y1) is a point on the line and m is the slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A line perpendicular to y=3x will have slope -1/3  because perpendicular lines of slope m, and p, have the property  m*p = -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Point slope form is therefore:    y - (-12) = -(1/3)(x - 2)<BR>\n" );
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