document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=975860>Question 975860</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation for the line with the given properties. express the answer using the general form of the equation of a line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perpendicular to the line -4x+5y= -23; containing the point (-3,7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think it would be -5x+4y=-13 but I could be mistaken. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #597526 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=597526\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first line is y=(4/5)x -(23/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second line MUST have a slope of (-5/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "point slope formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-7=(-5/4)(x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-5x/4)+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "graph below shows these two plus yours (in blue); green is the perpendicular line to the original.\r<BR>\n" );
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