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EQUATIONS
MSJC ~ Menifee Valley Campus
Math Center Workshop Series
Janice Levasseur
y = - 3x + b
What is b, though?
put it together
we have m and b
y = - 3 x + 14
What is b, though?
-5.5 = b
put it together
we have m and b
y = -0.25x 5.5
Point 2
4 4
5 5
What is b, though?
we have m and b
y = 4/5x + 13/5
Point 2
-4 (-2) 2
x1 - x2
= -4
y = -4x + b
What is b, though?
5 = -4(-4) + b
5 = 16 + b
-11 = b
put it together
we have m and b
y = -4x 11
Point 2
x1 - x2
0 (1)
= -5
y = -5x + b
What is b, though?
0 = -5(0) + b
0=0+b
0=b
put it together
we have m and b
y = -5x + 0
y = -5x
and m2 =
2/3
3/2
Since m1m2 = (2/3)(3/2) = 1 = -1
Therefore, the lines are not perpendicular!
b1 = 5 and b2 = -2