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Which is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to 8x + 6y = –5?

A. y=2/3x-3/4
B. y=3/4x-3/4
C. y=4x+6
D. y=6x-4

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The perpendicular line will have an equation of y=3/4x-3/4

To find this, we first have to solve our equation for slope intercept form.

8x + 6y = -5 ----> subtract 8x

6y = -8x + -5 ----> divide by 6

y = -4/3x - 5/6.

So we know the slope of this equation to be -4/3. Since perpendicular lines have opposite and reciprocal slopes, we know we can simply flip the fraction and make it a negative to get the new slope of 3/4. Since B is the only option with that slope, we know it to be the correct answer.

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