Answer:
y=.5x-2
Step-by-step explanation:
If one line is perpendicular to another that means that their slopes are negative reciprocals
which means that the slope (or m in y=mx+b) is .5
so far we have
y=.5x+b
to solve for b we plug in (8,2)
2=.5(8)+b
2=4+b
-2=b
therefore our equation is
y=.5x-2
