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document.write( "Step 1, find the slope of the line, call it m1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 2, the slope of lines perpendicular is the negativer inverse, = -1/m1.  Call that m2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3, use y-y1 = m2*(x - x1) where (x1,y1) is the point (-3,1)<BR>\n" );
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