The Uriah Butler Highway connects south Trinidad and Tobago to the north while the Churchill Rosevelt Highway connects East Trinidad and Tobago to the west are discribed to be perpendicular to each other at the point they meet.  If the Uriah Butler Highway has a slope of 5 and the Churchill Roosevelt Highway passes through the geometric coordinates (50, 140). Derive a straight line equation to represent the Churchill Roosevelt Highway.

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The Uriah Butler Highway connects south Trinidad and Tobago to the north while the Churchill Rosevelt Highway connects East Trinidad and Tobago to the west are discribed to be perpendicular to each other at the point they meet.  If the Uriah Butler Highway has a slope of 5 and the Churchill Roosevelt Highway passes through the geometric coordinates (50, 140). Derive a straight line equation to represent the Churchill Roosevelt Highway.

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