What is the equation that is perpendicular to the line y=2x-3 and passes through the point (-6,5)? Show all of your work.

y = 2x + 17
y = 1/2x + 8
y = -2x - 7
y = -1/2x + 2

3 answers

perpendicular means the slopes are negative-reciprocals
... so the slope of the new line is the negative-reciprocal of 2 ... -1/2

using point-slope ... y - 5 = -1/2 (x + 6) ... y = -1/2 x + 2
thank you!
y = 2x + 17
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