SOLUTION: Find an equation for the line perpendicular to the line 7x-6y=-6 having the same y-intercept as 6x+10y=-10.

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Question 569427: Find an equation for the line perpendicular to the line 7x-6y=-6 having the same y-intercept as 6x+10y=-10.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First find the slope of



The slope is
Any line perpendicular to this one will
have slope =
So far the line is
, where is the y-intercept
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Now find y-intercept of


The y-intercept is , so
is the answer
Here's a plot of the 3 lines:

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