SOLUTION: The line is perpendicular to x-5y=4 and passes through the point (-1,1)

Question 315640: The line is perpendicular to x-5y=4 and passes through the point (-1,1)
Answer by moshiz08(60) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First we must find the slope of the line x-5y=4. We shall put it into slope-intercept form.

The slope of this line is . The slope of a line perpendicular to this is -5.
The line must pass through the point (-1,1).
We can give the equation of the line now in point-slope form: , where , , and .
So our equation is .
We can convert this to slope-intercept form too:

So the line in slope-intercept form is:
Also, we can convert this to standard form as: .
I hope this helps!
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