Problem

Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the line 3x2y=6 and passes through the point (1, 2).

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Step 4: Finally, we simplify the above equation to find the equation of the perpendicular line. y=23x+43+2 y=23x+103

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Step 1 :Step 1: We first find the slope of the given line. The equation of the line is in the standard form Ax+By=C. We can convert it to the slope-intercept form y=mx+b by solving for y. y=3x23 The slope m of the given line is 32.

Step 2 :Step 2: The slope of the line perpendicular to the given line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line. So, the slope m of the perpendicular line is 1m=23.

Step 3 :Step 3: Now we know the slope of the perpendicular line and a point it passes through (1, 2), we can find the equation of the perpendicular line using the point-slope form yy1=m(xx1). Substituting m=23, x1=1, and y1=2 into the equation, we get y2=23(x1).

Step 4 :Step 4: Finally, we simplify the above equation to find the equation of the perpendicular line. y=23x+43+2 y=23x+103

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