A line perpendicular to another line has an opposite reciprocal slope. What opposite means is that you flip the sign (from - to + or from + to -) and reciprocal means that you flip the numerator and denominator (so if line A is perpendicular to line B and line As slope is -3, line Bs slope would be 1/3).
First find the slope of 5x - y = -3 Add y to both sides 5x = y - 3 Add 3 to both sides y = 5x + 3
So the slope of the line is 5. That means the slope of of the perpendicular line is -1/5.
Plug the slope of the perpendicular line and the point (5, 1) into point slope form to solve the equation
y - y1 = m(x - x1) y - 1 = -1/5(x - 5) y - 1 = -1/5x + 1 y = -1/5x + 2
