SOLUTION: the line is perpendicular to y=4x-3 and passes through the point (-4,7)

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Question 929847: the line is perpendicular to y=4x-3 and passes through the point (-4,7)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
4%2Am=-1
m=-1%2F4
Use the point-slope form,
y-7=-%281%2F4%29%28x-%28-4%29%29
y-7=-%281%2F4%29%28x%2B4%29
y-7=-%281%2F4%29x-1
y=-%281%2F4%29x%2B6