Answer :
Answer:
y = -3/2x + 13
Step-by-step explanation:
since y = 2/3x + 5
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another
so slope perpendicular line is -3/2
so y = mx + b
y = -3/2x + b
Using (8,1)
1 = -3/2(8) + b
1 = -12 + b
b = 13
then
y = -3/2x + 13