SOLUTION: Use the given conditions to write an equation for the line in the indicated form. passing through (2,5) perpendicular to the line whose line is y= 1/6x + 8; slope intercept fo

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Question 470029: Use the given conditions to write an equation for the line in the indicated form.
passing through (2,5) perpendicular to the line whose line is y= 1/6x + 8; slope intercept form
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Since the given equation is in slope-intercept form, determine the slope of the graph of the given equation by inspection of the coefficient on .

Use the principle that the slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other, which is to say:



to calculate the slope of the graph of the desired equation.

Use the point-slope form of the equation of a line:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the calculated slope.

Manipulate the result to obtain the slope-intercept form, namely

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