document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252918>Question 252918</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the equation of this line. The answer  should be written in slope intercept form. Please show all steps. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The line is perpendicular to x -5y = 4 and passes through<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the point (-1, 1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the point (-1, 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope-intercept form of the required line is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = m*x +b \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope-intercept form of the given perpendicular line is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (1/5)*x - 4/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of this line is 1/5. The line perpenciculor to this would have a slope that was the negative reciprocal of 1/5 or -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the slope of the required line is -5 and we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -5*x + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since this line passes through the point (-1,1) we know that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 = -5*-1 + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation of the second line is then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -5*x -4 </SPAN>\n" );
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