PLS HELP!!!
Write the equation of a line that is perpendicular to the given line and that passes through the given point.

–x + 5y = 14; (–5, –2)

Question

PLS HELP!!!
Write the equation of a line that is perpendicular to the given line and that passes through the given point.

–x + 5y = 14; (–5, –2)

eviant · Answer

@563blackghost

eviant · Answer

@Vocaloid @dude

dude · Answer

Well what is the general equation of a line?

Vocaloid · Answer

sorry I was out shopping and meant to get to this earlier

first find the slope of –x + 5y = 14 by re-writing into y = mx + b form (the coefficient in front of y needs to be 1)

then take that slope as m and find the opposite reciprocal (-1/m) and then plug this into the point-slope equation