SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line through the point (4,3)that is perpendicular to y=4x-8. Write your answer in slope-itercept form

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Question 135196: Find the equation of the line through the point (4,3)that is perpendicular to y=4x-8. Write your answer in slope-itercept form
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=4X+8 (RED LINR)HAS A SLOPE=4.
THEREFORE ANY PERPENDICULAR LINE HAS A SLOPE=-1/4.
3=-1/4*4+b
3=-1+b
b=3+1
b=4 THE Y INTERCEPT.
Y=-X/4+4 ANSWER (GREEN LINE)
+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+4x+%2B8%2C+-x%2F4+%2B4%29+ (graph 300x300 pixels, x from -10 to 10, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions 4x +8 and -x/4 +4).