document.write( "Question 1184143: the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line that passes through: (0,-4) and is perpendicular to $\"y+=+expr%283%2F2%29x+%2B+1\"$ . \r
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document.write( "y = \large -\frac{3}{2} x + 1. \r\n" );
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document.write( "That coding doesn't work on here.  But you meant this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Comparing that to y = mx+b we see that the slope, m = 3/2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A line perpendicular to it has the slope which is the\r\n" );
document.write( "reciprocal of that slope with the sign changed.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the slope of the desired line is  m = -2/3\r\n" );
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document.write( "We use the point-slope form, which is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When we simplify the point-slope form, we will have the\r\n" );
document.write( "slope-intercept form: \r\n" );
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