SOLUTION: use point slope formal to write an equation of a line given the following information the line passes through (-5,1) and is perpendicular to y= 1/3x+1 the equation is

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Question 952687: use point slope formal to write an equation of a line given the following information
the line passes through (-5,1) and is perpendicular to y= 1/3x+1
the equation is

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.


Using the point slope form of a line,




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