Proving that this vector eqn is correct...

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I solved it, but can someone lmk if there's a way to see if I'm correct..? Thank you in advance!
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Charles Link said:
I agree with your solution.
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So that you do it quicker next time, remember that the directional vector of a vector ##\vec u## perpendicular to a vector ##\vec v = (a,\,b)## is always##(-b,\,a)##. Knowing that, you can directly say that the directional vector of ##\vec q## is ##(-2,\,-3)=-(2,\,3)##, thus ##\vec q=(c,\,d)-s(2,\,3)##.
Yes it is negative the one you found, but consider both cases when ##s## is positive and when it is negative; we'll reach the same points.