6. Find a 'general' form ofan cquation of the line through the point A(5,4) and is perpendicular to the line 3 x+2y =7 3M
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First, we need to find the slope of the line 3x + 2y = 7. To do this, we can rearrange the equation into slope-intercept form (y = mx + b) by solving for y: 2y = -3x + 7 y = (-3/2)x + 7/2 So the slope of this line is -3/2. Show more…
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