Algebra Examples

$4 x - y = 4$ that contains the point $(0, 3)$

Step 1

Solve $4 x - y = 4$ .

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Step 1.1

Subtract $4 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$- y = 4 - 4 x$

Step 1.2

Divide each term in $- y = 4 - 4 x$ by $- 1$ and simplify.

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Step 1.2.1

Divide each term in $- y = 4 - 4 x$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{- y}{- 1} = \frac{4}{- 1} + \frac{- 4 x}{- 1}$

Step 1.2.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 1.2.2.1

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$\frac{y}{1} = \frac{4}{- 1} + \frac{- 4 x}{- 1}$

Step 1.2.2.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{4}{- 1} + \frac{- 4 x}{- 1}$

Step 1.2.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 1.2.3.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.2.3.1.1

Divide $4$ by $- 1$ .

$y = - 4 + \frac{- 4 x}{- 1}$

Step 1.2.3.1.2

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{- 4 x}{- 1}$ .

$y = - 4 - 1 \cdot (- 4 x)$

Step 1.2.3.1.3

Rewrite $- 1 \cdot (- 4 x)$ as $- (- 4 x)$ .

$y = - 4 - (- 4 x)$

Step 1.2.3.1.4

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 1$ .

$y = - 4 + 4 x$

Step 2

Find the slope when $y = - 4 + 4 x$ .

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Step 2.1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

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Step 2.1.1

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Step 2.1.2

Reorder $- 4$ and $4 x$ .

$y = 4 x - 4$

Step 2.2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $4$ .

$m = 4$

Step 3

The equation of a perpendicular line must have a slope that is the negative reciprocal of the original slope.

$m_{perpendicular} = - \frac{1}{4}$

Step 4

Find the equation of the perpendicular line using the point-slope formula.

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Step 4.1

Use the slope $- \frac{1}{4}$ and a given point $(0, 3)$ to substitute for $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ in the point-slope form $y - y_{1} = m (x - x_{1})$ , which is derived from the slope equation $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ .

$y - (3) = - \frac{1}{4} \cdot (x - (0))$

Step 4.2

Simplify the equation and keep it in point-slope form.

$y - 3 = - \frac{1}{4} \cdot (x + 0)$

Step 5

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

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Step 5.1

Solve for $y$ .

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Step 5.1.1

Simplify $- \frac{1}{4} \cdot (x + 0)$ .

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Step 5.1.1.1

Add $x$ and $0$ .

$y - 3 = - \frac{1}{4} \cdot x$

Step 5.1.1.2

Combine $x$ and $\frac{1}{4}$ .

$y - 3 = - \frac{x}{4}$

Step 5.1.2

Add $3$ to both sides of the equation.

$y = - \frac{x}{4} + 3$

Step 5.2

Reorder terms.

$y = - (\frac{1}{4} x) + 3$

Step 5.3

Remove parentheses.

$y = - \frac{1}{4} x + 3$

Step 6