Problem

Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line 3x2y=5 and passes through the point (1,2).

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4. Simplifying this equation gives y=23x+43+2, or y=23x+103.

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Step 1 :1. The first step is to find the slope of the given line. In general, if a line's equation is in the form Ax+By=C, its slope is AB\.Inthiscase,thegivenlinesequationis\(3x2y=5, so its slope is 32=1.5.

Step 2 :2. The slope of a line perpendicular to a given line is the negative reciprocal of the given line's slope. Therefore, the slope of the line we are trying to find is 11.5=23.

Step 3 :3. Using the point-slope form of a linear equation (yy1=m(xx1)), where m is the slope and (x1,y1) is a point on the line, we can plug in the slope we found and the given point (1,2) to find the equation of the line. This gives us y2=23(x1).

Step 4 :4. Simplifying this equation gives y=23x+43+2, or y=23x+103.

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