Precalculus (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32197-907-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-907-0

Chapter 1 - Graphs - 1.3 Lines - 1.3 Assess Your Understanding - Page 31: 67

Answer

$y=-2x$

Work Step by Step

The slope of the line can be found as two perpendicular lines' slopes' product equals to $-1$. Therefore the product of the slope of the line $y=\frac{1}{2}x+4$ and the one we are trying to find equals to $-1$. As $m_1=\frac{1}{2}=0.5$, then $0.5\times m_2=-1$ $m_2=-2$, this is the slope of the line we are trying to find. If we have the slope and a point on the graph $(1,-2)$ we can use the point-slope formula to calculate the equation of the line: $y-y_1=m(x-x_1)$ which translates to $y-(-2)=-2(x-1)$ The equation of the line is therefore: $y+2=-2x+2$ or $y=-2x$
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