Respuesta :
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{The equation of the line is;} \\ \\ y\text{ = -4x - 14} \end{gathered}[/tex]
Here, we want to write the equation of a line that passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the given line
When two lines are perpendicular to each other, what this mean is that the product of their slopes are equal to -1
Generally, the equation of a straight line can be written in the form;
[tex]y\text{ = mx + b}[/tex]where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept of the given line
Now from the given equation, we can see that the coefficient of x is 1/4. What this mean is that the slope of the line is 1/4 (the line's y-intercept is zero)
We can then proceed from here to get the slope of the second line
Mathematically, since the two lines are perpendicular;
[tex]m_{1\text{ }\times\text{ }}m_2\text{ = -1}[/tex]Thus;
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}\text{ }\times m_2\text{ = -1 } \\ \\ m_2\text{ = -1 }\times\text{ 4 = -4} \end{gathered}[/tex]This shows that the slope of the second line is -4
We can write the equation of the second line as;
[tex]y\text{ = -4x + c}[/tex]To completely write the equation of the second line, we need to get the value of c
To do this, we substitute the coordinates of the point that lies on the line
The point we are given is (-3,-2)
So in this case, we substitute the value x = -3 and y = -2
Thus, we have;
-2 = -4(-3) + c
-2 = 12 + c
c = -2 -12
c = -14
