EXPLANATION
Given:
Point ( - 4, 1)
⇒x = -4 and y = 1
Perpendicular equation
3/4 x + y = -5/4
We need to re-write the above equation in the form y = mx + b
y = -3/4 x -5/4
Compare the above with y=mx + b where m is the slope and b is the intercept.
slope(m) = -3/4
Slope of vertical lines are inverse of one another.
This implies that the slpe of our new equation is:
[tex]m=\frac{-1}{m}=\frac{-1}{-\frac{3}{4}}=\frac{4}{3}[/tex]Next, is to find the intercept of the new equation.
We can find this by substituting m = 4/3 , x = -4 and y = 1 into y=mx + b and then solve for b.
That is;
[tex]\begin{gathered} 1=\frac{4}{3}(-4)+b \\ \\ 1=-\frac{16}{3}+b \\ \\ 1+\frac{16}{3}=b \\ \\ b=\frac{3+16}{3} \\ \\ b=\frac{19}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex]We can proceed to form the new equation by simply substituting the values of m and b into y=mx + b
Hence, the equation is:
[tex]y=\frac{4}{3}x+\frac{19}{3}[/tex]