SOLUTION: What is the equation of the line parallel to the line with equation y = 3/5x � 1 and passing through the origin?

Question 143645: What is the equation of the line parallel to the line with equation y = 3/5x � 1 and passing through the origin?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your equation is in slope-intercept form, , so you can tell by inspection that the line has a slope of and intercepts the y-axis at the point (0,-1). is parallel to if and only if , and a line that passes through the origin has a y-intercept of (0,0). Therefore, your equation is
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