SOLUTION: Write an equation of the line containing the given point and parallel to the given line? (-8,5)4x=5y+3.

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Question 312682: Write an equation of the line containing the given point and parallel to the given line? (-8,5)4x=5y+3.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Put the line in slope-intercept form,



Parallel lines have identical slopes.
The slope for the given line is
Use the point-slope form of a line with the point (-8,5),





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or in standard form,


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