SOLUTION: Find the line perpendicular to the line 4x-3y=6 that passes through the point (-3, 0).

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Question 250632: Find the line perpendicular to the line 4x-3y=6 that passes through the point (-3, 0).
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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4x-3y=6
-3y=-4x%2B6
y=%284%2F3%29x-2
Perpendicular lines’ slopes have the following relationship:
m1%2Am2=-1
%284%2F3%29%2Am2=-1
m2=-%283%2F4%29
Use the point-slope form of a line with point (xp, yp) and slope m:
y-yp=m%28x-xp%29
y-0=-%283%2F4%29%28x-%28-3%29%29
y=-%283%2F4%29x-%289%2F4%29