document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1036784>Question 1036784</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line which is perpendicular to 2x + 5y = 7 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which passes through (8, 9). Express your answer in slope-intercept form. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #651495 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=651495\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line perpendicular to the given line would be like  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x-2y=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x-2y=c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Use the required and given point to find c.   Solve the equation for y in terms of x and put into general form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%2Bby=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%2Bby=c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----standard form<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%28-ax%2Bc%29%2Fb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%28-ax%2Bc%29%2Fb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-%28a%2Fb%29x%2Bc%2Fb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-%28a%2Fb%29x%2Bc%2Fb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----general form or slope-intercept form\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That shows slope is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-%28a%2Fb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-%28a%2Fb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for a standard form linear equation of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%2Bby=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%2Bby=c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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