SOLUTION: find the equation of the following lines, write the answer in slop-intercept form. Parallel to y=3/7x-2 through (4,0)

Question 221025: find the equation of the following lines, write the answer in slop-intercept form.
Parallel to y=3/7x-2 through (4,0)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We can see that the equation has a slope and a y-intercept .

Since parallel lines have equal slopes, this means that we know that the slope of the unknown parallel line is .
Now let's use the point slope formula to find the equation of the parallel line by plugging in the slope and the coordinates of the given point

.

Start with the point slope formula

Plug in , , and

Simplify

Distribute

Multiply

So the equation of the line parallel to that goes through the point

is .

Here's a graph to visually verify our answer:
Graph of the original equation (red) and the parallel line (green) through the point

.

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