SOLUTION: My question in my math book is asking this- Passes through the point (-6,5) and is parallel to the line x-2y=8 how do I solve this? I don't understand it and need help with t

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Question 409267: My question in my math book is asking this-
Passes through the point (-6,5) and is parallel to the line x-2y=8
how do I solve this? I don't understand it and need help with the steps on how to do it..
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Find the slope of the given line. You can either put the equation into slope-intercept form and then determine the slope by inspection, or you can just divide the coefficient on x by the opposite of the coefficient on y.

Parallel lines have equal slopes, that is:



So once you have determined the slope of the given line, you have the slope of the desired line as well.

Use the point-slope form of an equation of a line to write the desired equation:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the calculated slope.

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