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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line

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\n" ); document.write( " Remember, any two perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other. So if you're given the slope of \"1%2F7\", you can find the perpendicular slope by this formula:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m%5Bp%5D=-1%2Fm\" where \"m%5Bp%5D\" is the perpendicular slope
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m%5Bp%5D=-1%2F%281%2F7%29\" So plug in the given slope to find the perpendicular slope
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m%5Bp%5D=%28-1%2F1%29%287%2F1%29\" When you divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction (which is really \"1%2F1\") by the reciprocal of the second
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m%5Bp%5D=-7%2F1\" Multiply the fractions.
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\n" ); document.write( " So the perpendicular slope is \"-7\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So now we know the slope of the unknown line is \"-7\" (its the negative reciprocal of \"1%2F7\" from the line \"y=%281%2F7%29%2Ax%2B8%2F7\").\n" ); document.write( "Also since the unknown line goes through (0,4), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
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\n" ); document.write( " Point-Slope Formula:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" where m is the slope and (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is the given point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-4=-7%2A%28x-0%29\" Plug in \"m=-7\", \"x%5B1%5D=0\", and \"y%5B1%5D=4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-4=-7%2Ax%2B%287%29%280%29\" Distribute \"-7\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-4=-7%2Ax-0\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-7%2Ax-0%2B4\"Add \"4\" to both sides to isolate y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-7%2Ax%2B4\" Combine like terms
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\n" ); document.write( " So the equation of the line that is perpendicular to \"y=%281%2F7%29%2Ax%2B8%2F7\" and goes through (\"0\",\"4\") is \"y=-7%2Ax%2B4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So here are the graphs of the equations \"y=%281%2F7%29%2Ax%2B8%2F7\" and \"y=-7%2Ax%2B4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of the given equation \"y=%281%2F7%29%2Ax%2B8%2F7\" (red) and graph of the line \"y=-7%2Ax%2B4\"(green) that is perpendicular to the given graph and goes through (\"0\",\"4\")
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