document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124432>Question 124432</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321269470/algebrahomeworkh>Introductory Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "find an equation of the line that contains the point (1,0) and is perpendicular to 2x + y = -4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Y=-2X-4 THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE=-2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS THE LINE PERPENDICULAR WOULD HAVE A SLOPE=1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=1*1/2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS THE EQUATION IS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=X/2-1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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