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10-85.

Find the equation of the line perpendicular to  that goes through the point .  

Perpendicular lines have opposite, reciprocal slopes.

Substitute the given coordinates and the slope into the slope intercept form of a line to find .

Rewrite the equation, substituting the values you just found for and .