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document.write( "the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is 
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document.write( "what is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is: 
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document.write( " x - y = -3    
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document.write( " x = y -3     |Solve for y
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document.write( " x + 3 = y    |coefficient of x = 1
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document.write( "    m = 1 
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document.write( "Perpendicular Lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another
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document.write( "    m = -1  the slope of a line perpendicular
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document.write( "Wish You the Best in your Studies.
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document.write( "Sketch of y = x+3 (Green)  and a line perpendicular to it y = -2x - 2
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