Answer:
(3/2)x - 14
Step-by-step explanation:
If two lines are perpendicular, their slopes are mathematically negative reciprocals of one another.
Here the given line is y = (-2/3)x; the slope is -2/3, and the negative reciprocal of that is 3/2. The desired line will have this slope 3/2.
Using the slope-intercept form of the equation of a straight line, y = mx + b, we write out
-8 = (3/2)(4) + b, obtaining -8 = 6 + b, or b = -14.
The desired equation is (3/2)x - 14.
