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Answer:

  y = 5/3x +8

Step-by-step explanation:

The slope of the perpendicular line is the opposite reciprocal of the slope of the given line. The given slope is -3/5, so the perpendicular slope is ...

  -1/(-3/5) = 5/3

That and the given y-intercept can be put into the slope-intercept equation ...

  y = mx + b . . . . . line of slope m and y-intercept b

  y = 5/3x + 8

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