document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117175>Question 117175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write an equation in standard form of the line that is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment with the given endpoints.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2, 1) (8, 3) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "BELOW IS THE CORRECTD GRAPH.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FIRST YOU NEED TO FIND THE SLOPE(m).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3-1)/(8+2)=2/10=.2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW YOU USE ONE SET OF POINTS & THE SLOPE TO SOLVE THE LINE EQUATION FOR THE Y INTERCEPT(b).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=.2*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=.6+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1-.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO THIS LINE EQUATION IS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=.2X+.4 (RED LINE)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO A PERPENDICULAR LINE WILL HAVE A SLOPE (m)=-5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW YOU NEED TO FIND THE MID POINT BETWEEN THESE 2 POINTS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y DISTANCE=3-1=2 SO THE MID POINT IS 2/2=1 FROM EITHER END OR 3-1=2 OR [Y=2]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X DISTANCE=8-2=6 SO THE MID POINT IS 6/2=3 FROM EITHER END OR 8-3=5 OR [X=5]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5,2) IS THE MID POINT WITH A SLOPE OF -5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW YOU NEED TO SOLVE FOR THE Y INTERCEPT(b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=-5*5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=-25+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO THIS PERPENDICULAR LINE EQUATION IS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-5X+27 (GREEN LINE)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-6%2C+25%2C+-6%2C+25%2C+y+=+.2x+%2B.4%2C+y+=+-5x+%2B27%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-6%2C+25%2C+-6%2C+25%2C+y+=+.2x+%2B.4%2C+y+=+-5x+%2B27%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x300 pixels, x from -6 to 25, y from -6 to 25, of TWO functions y = .2x +.4 and y = -5x +27).  </SPAN>\n" );
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