What is the equation of the line perpendicular to #y=4/17x # that passes through # (5,7) #?
1 Answer
Dec 5, 2015
Writing the solution in the same format as the question:
Explanation:
Let any point on the target line be
Given:
Standard form of equation is
In your case:
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The gradient (slope) of you graph is
Any line that is perpendicular to this line has the gradient of:
So the gradient of you target line is
So we have:
We know that there is a point on the line for equation (2) where
So by substitution in (2) we have we have:
So equation (2) is: