Concept explainers
To find: the equation of line.
Answer to Problem 26E
Hence, the equation of the line is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Consider a line passing through the point
Calculation:
The method to find the equation of the above line is as follow:
The objective is to analyze and correct the error in the method above to find the equation of line.
The value of the slope m used in the above method is wrong.
The slope of the line
The slope of the line
Also, the line
But,
The correct method to find the equation of line is as follow:
Two lines are perpendicular if the product of their slopes,
From
Therefore,
Thus, the slope of the line is
The equation of the line passing through
So, use the formula to find the equation of the line passing through
Therefore,
Hence, the equation of the line is
Conclusion:
Hence, the equation of the line is
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