College Algebra (6th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 2 - Functions and Graphs - Exercise Set 2.4 - Page 268: 33

Answer

First find the slope of the perpendicular line from its equation. Then find the reciprocal of that slope and multiply it by negative one. Then plug this new slope and the point coordinates into the point slope formula.

Work Step by Step

Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes. If you use this knowledge to find the slope of the desired line, then you can plug this information along with the point coordinate some into the point slope formula to write an equation for the line.
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