SOLUTION: Find the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line passing through (-2,5) perpendicular to the graph of y= -1/8x +19/4

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Question 410514: Find the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line passing through (-2,5) perpendicular to the graph of y= -1/8x +19/4
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line passing through (-2,5)and perpendicular to the graph of y=(-1/8)x + 19/4 

 



Line perpendicular will have slope m = 8 as  8/1*(-1/8) = -1

  y = 8x + b |using ordered pair Pt(-2,5) to solve for b

  5 = -16 + b

   21 = b  

 y = 8x + 21