What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to y=3x-2 and passes through the point (6,8)
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Answer:
d) one solution; (4, 1)
Step-by-step explanation:
It often works well to follow problem directions. A graph is attached, showing the one solution to be (4, 1).
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You know there will be one solution because the lines have different slopes. Each is in the form ...
y = mx + b
where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
The first line has slope -1 and y-intercept +5; the second line has slope 1 and y-intercept -3. The slope is the number of units of "rise" for each unit of "run", so it can be convenient to graph these by starting at the y-intercept and plotting points with those rise and run from the point you know.
We are given the following conversion factor:
We are asked to determine how many miles are 140 km. To do that we use the quotient of the conversion factor where the unit we want to convert to is in the numerator and the given unit in the denominator. Since we want to find miles we use the following quotient:
Solving the operations we get: