document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=205108>Question 205108</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1405802111/algebrahomeworkh>Longman Mathematics for IGCSE book1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write downthe equations of the lines that are parallel to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y=5x+7, passing through (0,-3.5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y=5x+7, passing through (0,-3.5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There's only one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the slope, m, of the line by putting it in slope-intercept form (that means solve for y).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=5x+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (5/2)x + 7/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 5/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All lines parallel have the same slope.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is the point (0,-3.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+3.5 = (5/2)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y+7 = 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = 5x-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 5x-2y = 7<BR>\n" );
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