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Question 327665: I am having problems finding the equation of a line. Problem is: write an equation for the line parallel to the line -4y=2 through the point (8, -4). I can't get the jist of the way to figure out this problem
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
write an equation for the line parallel to the line -4y = 2 through the point (8, -4).
:
-4y = 2
y = 2%2F%28-4%29
y = -1%2F2
:
This is a horizontal line passing thru y=-.5
the parallel line will also be horizontal and pass thru y=-4 and all values of x
:
looks like this (y=-4 is green)
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-6%2C+2%2C+-.5%2C+-4%29+