SOLUTION: Please, How can I solve this problem? Find an equation for the line parallel to the line 3x-y=8 and containing the point(3,0). Express the answer using the the slope�intercept f

Question 240632: Please, How can I solve this problem?
Find an equation for the line parallel to the line 3x-y=8 and containing the point(3,0). Express the answer using the the slope�intercept form.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
line parallel to the line 3x-y=8 and containing the point(3,0).
3x-y=8
-Y=-3X+8
Y=3X-8 (RED LINE) THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE=3.
A PARALLLEL LINE ALSO HAS A SLOPE=3.
0=3*3+b
0=9+b
b=-9 THE Y INTERCEPT.
Y=3X-9 (GREEN LINE)
(graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions 3x -8 and 3x -9).
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