SOLUTION: Write the equation of a line perpendicular to 7x+9y=12 and has the same y intercept as 3x-2y=11

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Question 1048298: Write the equation of a line perpendicular to 7x+9y=12 and has the same y intercept as 3x-2y=11
Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The desired line must have the form 9x-7y = k, for some constant k.
Its y-intercept is numerically -k/7.
The y-intercept of the other given line is -11/2.
===> ===> k = 77/2.
===> the desired line has equation 9x - 7y = 77/2, or 18x - 14y = 77.

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