SOLUTION: What is the slope intercept form of a line that passes through point (1,2) and is perpendicular to the graph of y=5x-1?

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Question 299964: What is the slope intercept form of a line that passes through point (1,2) and is perpendicular to the graph of y=5x-1?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perpendicular lines have slopes that follow this relationship:

From line 1,
so then

Use point-slope form of a line,







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