Question

What is the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line y= 3/5x+10 and passes through the point (15,5)?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

This is really super super simple as long as you know the rules for finding a perpedicular slope from a given line. The perpendicular slope of a line is the opposite reciprocal of the given slope. Our given slope is 3/5, therefore, the perpendicular slope is -5/3. There's only one line with that exact slope, so the choice is the last one. (BTW, check the coordinate you gave. It should be

(15, -5), not (15, 5)!)