Question

On a coordinate plane, a line goes through (0, 1) and (5, 0). what is the equation of the line that is perpendicular to and has the same y-intercept as the given line? y = one-fifthx 1 y = one-fifthx 5 y = 5x 1 y = 5x 5

Answer 1

Answer:
`y=5x+1`

Explanation:

The slope of the given line is

`(1-0)/(0-5)=-(1)/(5)`

Since perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals, the slope of the line we want to find is 5.

Since the y-intercept is (0,1), the equation is
`y=5x+1`.