Choice B is correct. Two lines are perpendicular if their slopes are negative reciprocals,meaning that the slope of the first line is equal to -1 divided by the slope of the second line. Each equation in the given pair of equations can be written in slope-intercept form, y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the graph of the equation in the xy-plane and (0,b) is they-intercept. For the first equation, 5x +7y = 1, subtracting 5x from both sides gives 7y =-5x +1, and dividing both sides of this equation by 7 gives y = -
57x +
17. Therefore, the slope of the graph of this equation is -
57. For the second equation, ax + by = 1, subtracting a
x from both sides gives b
y =-ax +1, and dividing both sides of this equation by b gives y = -
abx +
1b. Therefore, the slope of the graph of this equation is -
ab. Since the graph of the given pair of equations is a pair of perpendicular lines, the slope of the graph of the second equation, -
ab, must be the negative reciprocal of the slope of the graph of the first equation,
-57. The negative reciprocal of -
57is
−1(−57) or
75 . Therefore,
. Similarly,rewriting the equations in choice B in slope-intercept form yields
. It follows that the slope of the graph of the first equation in choice B is -
a2b . Since
ab = -
75 ,-
a2b is equal to

. Since
710 is the negative reciprocal of -107 , the pair of equations in choice B represents a pair of perpendicular lines.Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.