SOLUTION: Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line. Your answer should be written in slope-intercept form. P(0, 0), x = −9y −

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Question 1175902: Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line. Your answer should be written in slope-intercept form.
P(0, 0), x = −9y − 17
Answer by ikleyn(52812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Any line parallel to  x = -9y - 17 in a coordinate plane, has an equation of the form


    x = -9y + c,  c = const.


Since the requested line should pass through (0,0),   c= 0  and this equation becomes


    x = -9y.


In slope-intercept form, this equation is  y = .    ANSWER

Solved.



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