Question

a line is perpendicular to y - 5 = -1/4(x + 8) and goes through the point (-1,2). What is the lines y-intercept?

Answer 1

Answer:

y = 4x + 6

Step-by-step explanation:

Turn the equation we are given into slope-intercept form.

y - 5 = -1/4(x + 8)

y - 5 = -1/4x - 2

y = -1/4x + 3

The slope of a perpendicular line is the opposite reciprocal of the original line.

-1/4 -> 4/1 -> 4

Find the new y-intercept using the point given.

y = 4x + b

2 = 4(-1) + b

2 = -4 + b

6 = b

Fill in everything we solved for.

y = 4x + 6

Best of Luck!