SOLUTION: How do I write an equation of a line that is parallel to a given line and passes through a given point?
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Question 392994: How do I write an equation of a line that is parallel to a given line and passes through a given point?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since parallel lines have identical slopes, find the slope of the first line.
We'll call it .
Now use the slope-intercept form of the line,
Using the point (,), you can determine , since,
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