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OpenStudy (anonymous):
equation for a line perpendicular to y-3=3/2(x-6)
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
please help me someone
OpenStudy (lacypennelll):
yea not answering anymore of your questions :P
OpenStudy (anonymous):
lolol. fine!!!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
you need some other piece of infomation
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[y-3=\frac{3}{2}(x-6)\] has slope \(\frac{3}{2}\) and a perpendicular line will have slope \(-\frac{2}{3}\)
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
like what kind of other information?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
all you can know from the information given is the slope of the perpendicular line
it is
\\[m=-\frac{2}{3}\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
y = -(2/3) x + b
OpenStudy (anonymous):
but you cannot find the equation of a line only given the slope
there are an infinite number of line with slope \(-\frac{2}{3}\)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so what would "b" equal though?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
it says find "equation for a line", a line meaning it does not matter as long as it is "perpendicular to y-3=3/2(x-6)". yes there are many answers.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
b is any real number
OpenStudy (anonymous):
thank you two i appreciate it
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