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  • 03-04-2020
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Write the equation of the line perpendicular to y=(-1/2)x - 4 and goes through the point (3, 1).

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upandover
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  • 03-04-2020

A perpendicular line has a slope that is the opposite reciprocal of the line it is perpendicular to.

(-1/2) --> 2/1

y = 2x - b

1 = 2(3) - b

1 = 12 - b

1 + b = 12

b = 11

y = 2x + 11

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