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Help, can't figure this one out. 

 

Draw a line perpendicular to the line that contains the points 

(1, 6) and (4, 4) and passes through the point (−2, 6).

 

 Oct 5, 2018
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OK.....   can you tell me what the equation for the line is?

 

 

See if you can figure THAT out and repost on this thread for more help.....  cheeky

 Oct 5, 2018
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What you need to do is realise that the line that goes through (1,6) and (4,4) has a gradient of -2/3 (using rise/run). Any line perpendicular to this will have a negative reciprocal gradient, as perpendicular lines' gradient multiply together to give -1. The gradient of the line will thus be 3/2. All you have to do is find the equation of the line that has a gradient of 3/2 and also passes through (-2,6), and sketch it.

 Oct 5, 2018

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