A line passes through the point (2,-5) and is perpendicular to the line with the equation y= 1/5x+ 5. What's the equation of the line?
OA) y = -1/5X + 1
B) y = -5x + 5
OC) y = 5x - 2
D) y=1/5x+4

slope = -5, y intercept = 5

Explanation:

The given equation has slope 1/5. We can see that by comparing it to y = mx+b, with m as the slope.

Flip the fraction and the sign to go from 1/5 to -5/1 = -5. The perpendicular slope is -5. We can stop here since only choice B has such a slope.

If you're curious about finding the y intercept, then you would use m = -5 along with (x,y) = (2,-5) to find the value of b

y = mx+b

-5 = -5(2)+b

-5 = -10+b

-5+10 = -10+b+10 ... adding 10 to both sides

5 = b

b = 5 is the y intercept

So we have y = mx+b update to y = -5x+5 as the perpendicular line.

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(-5,-28)

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