SOLUTION: Find an equation of the line that contains the point (1,0) and is perpendicular to 2x+y= -4

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Question 261847: Find an equation of the line that contains the point (1,0) and is perpendicular to 2x+y= -4
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Step 1: Determine the slope of the given line by inspection of the coefficient on after putting the equation into slope-intercept, that is , form.

Step 2: Use the fact that perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other, that is:



to determine the slope of the desired line.

Step 3: Use the slope determined in step 2 and the given point in the point-slope form of the equation of a line to write the desired equation.




Step 4: Follow your textbook's or instructor's instructions, if any, as to the final form of your answer, i.e. standard form, slope-intercept form, etc.

John