document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1155216>Question 1155216</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the midpoint formula method to find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment whose endpoints are (-2,3) and (-8, 1) . Write the equation in double intercept form please thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1, find the midpoint.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 2, find the slope of the line thru the points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope (call it m) of lines perpendicular is the negative inverse of the slope of the line thru the points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then use y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is the mid-point.<BR>\n" );
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