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What is the equation of the line perpendicular to #y=-3/7 # that passes through # (5,7) #?

Answer 1

The equatarion of the line is #x=5#

Here The line # y= -3/7 # means the line is parallal to X-axis at a distance #-3/7# unit from the origin at the direction of Y-axis. Now a line perpendicular to the above line will be parallal to the Y-axis. Since it passes through the point (5,7), the equatarion of the line is #x=5#[Answer]

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Answer 2

Ethan Adkins

The equation of the line perpendicular to ( y = -\frac{3}{7} ) that passes through the point ((5,7)) is ( y = \frac{7}{3}x - \frac{16}{3} ).

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