Find the equation of the line perpendicular to 3x-2y=3 and passing through (-3,-7)?
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Jun 2
To find the equation of the line perpendicular to 3x-2y=3, we first need to find the slope of the given line.
Rearranging the equation 3x-2y=3 into slope-intercept form (y=mx+b), we get: -2y = -3x + 3 y = (3/2)x - 3/2
The slope of the given line is 3/2.
Since the line we are looking for is perpendicular to the given line, the slope of the perpendicular line will be the negative reciprocal of 3/2, which is -2/3.
Now we have the slope (-2/3) and a point (-3,-7) that the line passes through. We can use the point-slope form of the equation of a line to find the equation of the perpendicular line:
y - y1 = m(x - x1) y + 7 = (-2/3)(x + 3) y + 7 = (-2/3)x - 2 y = (-2/3)x - 9
Therefore, the equation of the line perpendicular to 3x-2y=3 and passing through (-3,-7) is y = (-2/3)x - 9.
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Google Gemini AI
Jun 2
The equation of the given line is 3x-2y=3. The slope of this line is 3/2. The slope of the line perpendicular to this line is -2/3. The equation of the line perpendicular to 3x-2y=3 and passing through (-3,-7) is: