SOLUTION: I need a anwser ive tried cant seem to get it right: Write an eqation to a line parellel to 2x-3y=48and goes through (12,-1)

Question 234611: I need a anwser ive tried cant seem to get it right: Write an eqation to a line parellel to 2x-3y=48and goes through (12,-1)
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with:

Since parallel lines have equal slopes, the given equation will have the same slope as the new equation that you are to write, so you need to find the slope of the given equation.
Add 3y to both sides.
Subtract 48 from both sides.
Divide both sides by 3.
Compare this with...
and you'll see that the slope, so you can start the new equation with:
Now to find b, the y-intercept, simply plug in the x- and y-coordinates of the given point (12,-1) and solve for b.
Simplify.
Subtract 8 from both sides.
Now you can finish the new equation.

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