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Help with geometry please

Help with geometry please-example-1
User Hajpoj
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Hello,

Any line that is perpendicular to another line has a negative reciprocal of the slope. So the negative reciprocal of -2/3 is 3/2. Now with the new slope, let's pt it in the equation to find the slop-intercept equation BY using point-slope form: y-y1 = m (slope) (x-x1).

If I put the numbers in the equation, it would look like: y+8 = 3/2 (x-4). Let's simplify by distributing 3/2 to the parenthesis: y + 8 = 3/2x - 6.

To get "y" by itself, let's subtract 8 from both sides: y = 3/2x - 14.

So, the equation is now y = 3/2x - 14.

In the box you would write, "-14".

I hope this helps!

May
User Vincent Dagpin
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y=-14
plug in the digits
-8=3/2(4)+y
-8=6+y
-6 -6
-14=y
User Sagnik Sinha
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