SOLUTION: HELP! Find the equation of the straight line, trough (4,-2) and parallel with 2x+y-5 = 0.

SOLUTION: HELP! Find the equation of the straight line, trough (4,-2) and parallel with 2x+y-5 = 0.

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Question 498148: HELP!
Find the equation of the straight line,
trough (4,-2) and parallel with 2x+y-5 = 0.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Trough or through?

Assuming "through," we first find the slope of the given line, since the line we want will have the same slope. The given line is equivalent to y = -2x - 5, slope is -2. We can write the desired line in point-slope form.

y+2 = -2(x-4)
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