SOLUTION: How far apart are the y-intercepts of the line with the equation y=2x + 3 and the line goes through the point (4,2) and has a slope of -1?

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Question 116769: How far apart are the y-intercepts of the line with the equation y=2x + 3 and the line goes through the point (4,2) and has a slope of -1?
Answer by Fombitz(13823) About Me  (Show Source):
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The first line, y=2x%2B3, has a y-intercept of y=3.
The second line, using the point-slope form, is,
y-2=-1%28x-4%29
y-2=-x%2B4
y=-x%2B6
The second line's y-intercept is y=6.
The difference in y-interecept, the distance, is 3.
+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-x%2B6%2C2x%2B3%29+