Problema Solution
Find an equation of the line that has a y-intercept of -2 and is perpendicular to the graph of 3x+6y=2
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A common form of a linear equation in the two variables x and y is
y=mx+b,
where m determines the slope or gradient of that line, and the constant term b determines the point at which the line crosses the y-axis, otherwise known as the y-intercept
we know that the line has y-intercept -2 thus b = -2
the slope of the perpendicular line is the "negative reciprocal" of the slope of the original line
lets find the slope of the original like
3x + 6y = 2
6y = - 3x + 2
y = (-3/6)x + 2/6
y = (-1/2)x + 1/3
the slope of the original line is (-1/2)
m = -(1/(-1/2))
m = 2
the equation of the line that we are looking for is
y = 2x - 2