First of all, you must change 40% into a decimal by multiplying by 100⇒.40
Then you divide 55 by .40
55÷.40=137.5
Therefore, 55 is 40% of 137.5
When a line is given in the form

The slope of the line is m. So, in this case, the slope of
is -1.
Given a slope
, you find the slope of a perpendicular line
by imposing

So, if the given line has slope -1, a perpendicular line has slope
given by

and thus 
So, we want a line with slope 1 and passing through (9,2). Using the fomula

we get

Answer:
<h2>
a₁₈ = - 31</h2>
Step-by-step explanation:

I think that it's B, y = -x - 7 because first you'd subtract y to get it on the other side then add x and then you'd need to make the y positive so you would divide x + 7 by -1 and that would make it y = -x - 7.