SOLUTION: Find the equation of a line described as follows and express your answer in point-slope form, slope-intercept form, and standard form Find the equation of the line perpendicular t

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Question 908368: Find the equation of a line described as follows and express your answer in point-slope form, slope-intercept form, and standard form
Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the line y+3=3(x-5) that passes through the point (-4, -6)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I just gave a response to this same question. Use your algebra skill as I said there.

Note, starting with point-slope form, y-v=m(x-u) for some point (u,v) on the line, transform into whichever other form you want.

y=m%28x-u%29%2Bv
y=mx-mu%2Bv
y=mx%2B%28v-mu%29----slope-intercept form, although the way you might handle the values depends on what they are and/or their signs.

What you do for standard form depends on any denominator of m, since you want to try to get integer coefficients for x and y if possible.
y=mx%2B%28v-mu%29
y-mx=v-mu
mx-y=mu-v---a possible standard form; the right member is a constant.