Answer:
A. y+8=2(x-4)
Step-by-step explanation:
A line perpendicular to y=-1/2x+11 would have slope +2, which is the negative reciprocal of -1/2.
Starting with the slope-intercept form of the equation of a straight line, find the y-intercept based upon this new line's passing through (4, -8):
y = mx + b becomes -8 = 2(4) + b. Then b = -16, and the desired new line is
y = 2x - 16.
Eliminate answer choices B and C, because 1/2 is not the correct slope.
Choice A is correct. Note that the result of subbing 4 for x and -8 for y into A: y + 8 = 2(x - 4) is a true equation: -8 + 8 = 2(4 - 4)
Also note that y + 8 = 2(x - 4) can be written in slope-intercept form:
y = -8 + 2x - 8, or y = 2x - 16 (same as obtained earlier)
