SOLUTION: what is the line parallel to the line y=5x-12 and passing through the point (-2,-6)?

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Question 334557: what is the line parallel to the line y=5x-12 and passing through the point (-2,-6)?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Parallel lines have identical slopes.
Your first line has a slope of 5.
Use the slope-intercept form of a line,

Use the point (-2,-6) to determine b.



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