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Which equation represents a line which is perpendicular to the line 5x+8y=-40?

User Basodre
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Answer:

Y=8/5x-7

Explanation:

User Tejas Gokhale
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Answer:

y=(8/5)x - (40/8).

Explanation:

1) Isolate y:

Equation of the line l: y=-(5/8)x - (40/8)

2) The perpendicular line have the same equation has above, but with the slope changed by -1/(slope of l).

Slope of l = -5/8

Slope of the perpendicular line = -1/(-5/8) = 8/5.

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