SOLUTION: Line perpendicular to y=2x+3 and passes through (2,-3)

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Question 999861: Line perpendicular to y=2x+3 and passes through (2,-3)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
m%5B1%5D%2Am%5B2%5D=-1
2%2Am%5B2%5D=-1
m%5B2%5D=-1%2F2
Then using the point slope form of a line,
y-%28-3%29=-%281%2F2%29%28x-2%29
y%2B3=-%281%2F2%29x%2B1
y=-%281%2F2%29x-2
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