SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this question? Write an equation for the line that passes through (5, -4) and is perpendicular to the graph of 5x-2y=-6. this is my work so far: 2y=5

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Question 997680: Can you please help me with this question? Write an equation for the line that passes through (5, -4) and is perpendicular to the graph of 5x-2y=-6. this is my work so far:
2y=5x+6 then y=5/2 x + 3
I can't figure out how to find the perpendicular equation. Can you please help me with this part?
Thanks!
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have the correct given equation, better stated as .

Slope?
What do you know about slopes of perpendicular lines?
Do you want to know y-intercept for the line you are looking for? Do you like to use the point-slope form equation for a line?



Finished answer equivalent to
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Can you please help me with this question? Write an equation for the line that passes through (5, -4) and is perpendicular to the graph of 5x-2y=-6. this is my work so far:
2y=5x+6 then y=5/2 x + 3
I can't figure out how to find the perpendicular equation. Can you please help me with this part?
Thanks!
Your equation is correct! Good job!!

The equation that's perpendicular to  will have a slope, or m of: 

Using the slope, or , the point: (5, - 4), and the point-slope form: , we get: 

 





Perpendicular equation is then: , or  

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