SOLUTION: Can you show me how to solve the following? It says write an equation of the line that goes through the point (-8,7) and is perpendicular to the line -4x+3y=11.

Question 475995: Can you show me how to solve the following? It says write an equation of the line that goes through the point (-8,7) and is perpendicular to the line -4x+3y=11.
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the slope of the given line

, the slope is
Perpendicular lines are lines whose slopes are negative reciprocals of one another,
then the slope of the line that we have to find

The point-slope form of a line uses a point (x1,y1) and a slope (m), to write the equation of a line. This form is given by the equation:

Point (-8,7) substitue into formula , ;
multiply by 4

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