document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=238899>Question 238899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write n equation of the line contaning the given point and parallel to the given line\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            (6,8); x+4y=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope, m, of the line by putting it into slope-intercept form y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/4)x + 3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -1/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Parallel lines have the same slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Usy y = mx + b to find b using the point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = (-1/4)*6 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 19/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-1/4)x + 19/2<BR>\n" );
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