Sunday, January 25, 2015

Find the value of m if the perpendicular bisector of the line that passes through the point (6,8) and (m,2) has slope -2.

We'll remember the fact that the product of the values of
the slopes of 2 perpendicular lines is -1.


We know that the
slope of perpendicular bisector is -2.


-2*a = -1, a is the
slope


a = 1/2


The slope of
the line that passes through points  (6,8) and (m,2) is a =
1/2.


We'll write the formula of the
slope:


a = (2-8)/(m-6)


1/2 =
-6/(m-6)


m-6 = -12


m = -12 +
6


k = -6


The
value of the coordinate m is: m = -6.

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