Question 575364
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Why are you shouting?  Typing in all caps is shouting -- it is both annoying and rude.  Please don't apologize or make excuses for yourself; just stop doing it.


Perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes.  The equation that represents the given line is already in slope-intercept form, so you can determine the slope of the given line by inspection.  Take the negative reciprocal of this slope to determine the slope of the desired line.


Use the point-slope form to write an initial form of the desired equation:


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ m(x\ -\ x_1) ]


where *[tex \Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)] are the coordinates of the given point and *[tex \Large m] is the calculated slope.


Arrange the result into slope-intercept form:  *[tex \LARGE y\ =\ mx\ +\ b]


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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