Algebra.Com's Answer #71668 by jim_thompson5910(35256)  You can put this solution on YOUR website! Lets find the equation of the line through (-6,5) and (-3, -2)\r \n" );
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document.write( "First lets find the slope through the points ( , ) and ( , )\r \n" );
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document.write( " Start with the slope formula (note: is the first point ( , ) and is the second point ( , ))\r \n" );
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document.write( " Plug in , , , (these are the coordinates of given points)\r \n" );
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document.write( " Subtract the terms in the numerator to get . Subtract the terms in the denominator to get \r \n" );
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document.write( "So the slope is\r \n" );
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document.write( "Now let's use the point-slope formula to find the equation of the line:\r \n" );
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document.write( "------Point-Slope Formula------ \n" );
document.write( " where is the slope, and is one of the given points\r \n" );
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document.write( "So lets use the Point-Slope Formula to find the equation of the line\r \n" );
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document.write( " Plug in , , and (these values are given)\r \n" );
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document.write( " Rewrite as \r \n" );
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document.write( " Distribute \r \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply and to get . Now reduce to get \r \n" );
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document.write( " Add to both sides to isolate y\r \n" );
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document.write( " Combine like terms and to get \r \n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r \n" );
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document.write( "So the equation of the line which goes through the points ( , ) and ( , ) is: \r \n" );
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document.write( "Now let's find the equation of the line perpendicular to and goes through (2,-4)\r \n" );
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document.write( " | Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line | \n" );
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document.write( " Remember, any two perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other. So if you're given the slope of , you can find the perpendicular slope by this formula: \n" );
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document.write( " where is the perpendicular slope \n" );
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document.write( " So plug in the given slope to find the perpendicular slope \n" );
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document.write( " When you divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction (which is really ) by the reciprocal of the second \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply the fractions. \n" );
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document.write( " So the perpendicular slope is  \n" );
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document.write( " So now we know the slope of the unknown line is (its the negative reciprocal of from the line ).\n" );
document.write( "Also since the unknown line goes through (2,-4), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula \n" );
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document.write( " Point-Slope Formula: \n" );
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document.write( " where m is the slope and ( , ) is the given point \n" );
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document.write( " Plug in , , and  \n" );
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document.write( " Distribute  \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply \n" );
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document.write( " Subtract from both sides to isolate y \n" );
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document.write( " Make into equivalent fractions with equal denominators \n" );
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document.write( " Combine the fractions \n" );
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document.write( " Reduce any fractions \n" );
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document.write( " So the equation of the line that is perpendicular to and goes through ( , ) is  \n" );
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document.write( " So here are the graphs of the equations and  \n" );
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document.write( " graph of the given equation (red) and graph of the line (green) that is perpendicular to the given graph and goes through ( , ) \n" );
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