How to find the equation of a perpendicular line

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PSAT Math › How to find the equation of a perpendicular line

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What line is perpendicular to and passes through ?

Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to $\dpi{100} \small \frac{x}{2}+3=y$ and passes through (5, 6).

If a line has an equation of $2y=3x+3$ , what is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line?

The equation of line p is y= 1/4x +6. If line k contains the point (3,5) and is perpendicular to line p, find the equation of line k.

Line p is given by the equation y = –x + 4. Which of the following equations describes a line that is perpendicular to p?

Line m passes through the points (1, 4) and (5, 2). If line p is perpendicular to m, then which of the following could represent the equation for p?

The endpoints of line segment AB are located at (5, –2) and (–3, 10). What is the equation of the line that is the perpendicular bisector of AB?

What line is perpendicular to the line 2x + 3y = 6 through (4, 1)?

What line is perpendicular to $2x+5y=9$ through $(4,12)$ ?

What line is perpendicular to $y=-\frac{1}{3}x+2$ and passes through $(1,7)$ ?

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