SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line that contains the point (20, -7) and is parallel to the line y=3/4x-8

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Question 859300: Write the equation of the line that contains the point (20, -7) and is parallel to the line y=3/4x-8
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Parallel lines in a plane have the same slope. You are looking for some line with equation y=(3/4)x+b. Use the point which the line must contain to find the value for b.




You could use point-slope form instead, but keeping with slope-intercept form is simpler.

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