Find the negative reciprocal of the slope of the original line and use the point-slope formula y
−
y
1
=
m
(
x
−
x
1
) to find the line perpendicular to −
x
+
5
y
=
14
.
This can be easily solved, especially with a calculator. With the calculator, you can find that is about 6.4807. Multiply that by 2, you get about 13 inches.
If you can't use a calculator, then you can just estimate. Since we know that is 6 and is 7, is in between them, so you can just say somewhere around 6.5.