SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line through [-17/3, 8/5] that is parallel to the x-axis.
* -17/3x+8/5y=0
* y=-17/3x+8/5
* x=-17/3
* y=8/5
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: Write the equation of the line through [-17/3, 8/5] that is parallel to the x-axis.
* -17/3x+8/5y=0
* y=-17/3x+8/5
* x=-17/3
* y=8/5
This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Anything that is parallel to the x axis has a slope of 0 (ie m=0). So the equation
becomes
===>
Now just substitute in to get
So the equation parallel to the x axis going through (-17/3, 8/5) is
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