SOLUTION: Write the equation of each line. Give the answer in standard form using only integers as the coefficients. The line through (2, -3) that is perpendicular to the line y= -3x+12

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Question 161418This question is from textbook ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
: Write the equation of each line. Give the answer in standard form using only integers as the coefficients.
The line through (2, -3) that is perpendicular to the line y= -3x+12 This question is from textbook ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=-3X+12 (RED LINE)THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE=-3.
A PERPENDICULAR LINE WILL HAVE A SLOPE=1/3.
-3=1/3*2+b
-3=2/3+b
b=-3-2/3
b=-9/3-2/3=-11/3
Y=X/3-11/3 (GREEN LINE)
+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-3x+%2B12%2C+x%2F3+-11%2F3%29+ (graph 300x300 pixels, x from -10 to 10, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions -3x +12 and x/3 -11/3).