document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174362>Question 174362</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line that is parallel to the line y=-4/3x+7 and that passes through the point (7,3). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not \"an equation\", it's the equation.  There's only one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-4/3x+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is -4/3, as the eqn is in the slope-intercept form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any line parallel to it will have the same slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) (m is the slope)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-3 = (-4/3)*(x-7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y-9 = -4*(x-7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y-0 = -4x+28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+3y = 28\r<BR>\n" );
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