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What is the equation of a line perpendicular to y equals negative three x plus four that passes through -1 6?
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You solve this type of problem using the following steps.
1) Write your original equation in slope-intercept form, that is, solved for "y". (The line is already in that form in this case). You can read off the slope directly: in an equation of the form:
y = mx + b
m is the slope.
2) Calculate the slope of the perpendicular line. Since the product of the slopes of perpendicular lines is -1, you can divide -1 by the slope you got in part (1).
3) Use the generic equation y - y1 = m(x - x1), for a line that has a given slope "m" and passes through point (x1, y1). Replace the given coordinates (variables x1 and y1). Simplify the resulting equation, if required.
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