SOLUTION: find an equation of the line L, where L is perpendicular to y=5/2x and passes through the point (2,5)
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Question 678534: find an equation of the line L, where L is perpendicular to y=5/2x and passes through the point (2,5)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y = mx + b
y = -2/5x + b (flip the fraction and the sign to go from 5/2 to -2/5)
5 = (-2/5)(2) + b
5 = -4/5 + b
5 + 4/5 = b
25/5 + 4/5 = b
29/5 = b
b = 29/5
So and which means the equation is
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