document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254726>Question 254726</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a line passes through (3a,4) and (-1,2) and is parallel to -4x +2y= 6 find a </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-4x +2y= 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y=4x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+3 the slope, m=2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4-2)/(3a-(-1))=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/(3a+1)=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/1=2 so 3a+1=1 and a=0<BR>\n" );
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