A method that always works is to find the slope of the given line, then find the negative reciprocal of that. Your result will be the slope of the perpendicular line. Using this slope and the given point, fill in the parameters of the point-slope form of the equation of a line.

For m = slope of given line and (h, k) = given point, the perpendicular line will be
y = (-1/m)(x -h) +k

Often, this equation can be simplified to another appropriate form, such as slope-intercept form (y = mx+b) or standard form (ax+by=c).

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The slope of a given line can be found by solving its equation for y. The slope is the coefficient of x in that solution. If the given line is characterized by two points, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), then its slope is m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1).

In the unusual case where the given line is vertical (x=<some constant>), the slope of the perpendicular line is zero, and the line you want becomes y=k.

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3 years ago

Help me to solve this please

scZoUnD [109]

Answer:

-4/9

Step-by-step explanation:

We first calculate the first bracket.

[2/3-(-4/9)]

= (2/3+4/9) (we cancel out the negatives)

= (6/9+4/9) (common denominator)

= 10/9

Then we convert -2 1/2 into an improper fraction.

-2 1/2

= -5/2

Finally we calculate the division by swapping the numerator and denominator of -5/2.

10/9 / -5/2

= 10/9 * -2/5

= -20/45

= -4/9 (simplify the terms)

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2 years ago

What is happening at this step in the equation solving process for 3x+7=5x 7=2x

Leya [2.2K]

Your subtracting 3x from 5x: 5x-3x
This is so you only have a variable on one side

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2 years ago

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Each year, more than 2 million people in the United States become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. In p

Olegator [25]

Answer:

Reject H₀. There is a significant difference in drug resistance between the two states.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case we need to determine whether the data suggest a statistically significant difference between the proportions of drug-resistant cases in the two states.

The significance level of the test is, α = 0.02.

(1)

The hypothesis can be defined as follows:

H₀: There is no difference between the proportions of drug-resistant cases in the two states, i.e. $p_{1} - p_{2}= 0$ .

Hₐ: There is a statistically significant difference between the proportions of drug-resistant cases in the two states, i.e. $p_{1} - p_{2}\neq 0$ .

(2)

Compute the sample proportions and total proportion as follows:

$\hat p_{1}=\frac{12}{189}=0.063\\\\\hat p_{2}=\frac{8}{429}=0.019\\\\\hat p=\frac{12+8}{189+429}=0.032\\$

Compute the test statistic value as follows:

$Z=\frac{\hat p_{1}-\hat p_{2}}{\sqrt{\hat p(1-\hat p)\times [\frac{1}{n_{1}}+\frac{1}{n_{2}}]}}$

$=\frac{0.063-0.019}{\sqrt{0.032(1-0.032)\times [\frac{1}{189}+\frac{1}{429}]}}\\\\=2.86$

The test statistic value is 2.86.

(3)

The decision rule is:

The null hypothesis will be rejected if the p-value of the test is less than the significance level.

Compute the p-value as follows:

$p-value=2\cdot P(Z>2.86)=2\times 0.00212=0.00424$

p-value = 0.00424 < α = 0.02.

The null hypothesis will be rejected at 0.02 significance level.

Reject H₀. There is a significant difference in drug resistance between the two states.

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3 years ago