SOLUTION: FIND AN EQUATION FOR THE LINE WITH y-INTERCEPT 3 THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINE Y= 2/3x-4.

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Question 62549:
FIND AN EQUATION FOR THE LINE WITH y-INTERCEPT 3 THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINE Y= 2/3x-4.

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FIND AN EQUATION FOR THE LINE WITH y-INTERCEPT 3 THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINE Y= 2/3x-4.
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other. That's a fancy word for opposite singed and upside down.
The slope intercept form of a line is highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29, where m=slope and b=y-intercept.
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The line they gave you has a slope of, y=highlight%282%2F3%29x-4, m=2/3.
Any line pependicular to this one is going to have a slope of m=-3/2.
They told you that they wanted this line to have a y-intercept of b=3.
Plug these values into the slope intercept form and you have:
highlight%28y=%28-3%2F2%29x%2B3%29
Happy Calculating!!!