What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (7, -7) and is perpendidular to the line x - 2y = 2?

Aman steps out of a plane at a height of 4,000m above the ground falls 2,000m very quickly and then opens his parachute and slowly falls the remaining 2000m to the ground what height above the ground would be the best choice for a reference point

How do i start to solve? would appreciate a walk-thru! a bird sitting 16ft above the ground in an apple tree dislodges an apple. after how many seconds does the apple land on the ground? (assuming that no branches will interfere with it's fall)

Marquise has 200 meters of fencing to build a rectangular garden. the garden's area (in square meters) as a function of the garden's width w w (in meters) is modeled by: a ( w ) = − w 2 + 1 0 0 w a(w)=−w 2 +100w what side width will produce the maximum garden area? meters