SOLUTION: confused on what to do with fractions please help in detail write an equatuin of line through (1,-5) and parallel to y=5/6x+ put in slope intercept form thank you!

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Question 187114: confused on what to do with fractions please help in detail write an equatuin of line through (1,-5) and parallel to y=5/6x+ put in slope intercept form thank you!
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The first thing to do is use the fact that:

to determine that the slope of the line for which you must derive an equation is equal to the slope of your given line, . (I put the b in there because you left something off of your given equation. It won't make any difference to the solution of this problem, but I just like to be neat).

Now you need to use the point-slope form of the equation of a line, the slope number that you get by inspection of your given equation, and the coordinates of your given point to derive your equation.

Where and and

Finally, all you need to do is rearrange this equation into

form and you are done.

John