SOLUTION: What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to y=4x+5 and passes through the point (8,3)

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Question 1012392: What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to y=4x+5 and passes through the point (8,3)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
4%2Am%5Bp%5D=-1
m%5Bp%5D=-1%2F4
So using the point-slope form,
y-3=-%281%2F4%29%28x-8%29
y-3=-%281%2F4%29x%2B2
y%5Bp%5D=-%281%2F4%29x%2B5