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A line passing through (-6, -5) and (-1, y) is perpendicular to a line with slope M. Find the value of y.

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A point is found from a line equation.

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The slope of the line passing through the indicated points is

y - (-5) y + 5
----------- = ------
-1 -(-6) 5

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