document.write( "Question 257320: writ an equation of the line containing the given point and parallel to the givenline. express your answer in the form y=mx+b. (6,9), x+6y=7.... the equation of the line is y = \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B6y=7\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6y=7-x\" Subtract \"x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6y=-x%2B7\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-x%2B7%29%2F%286%29\" Divide both sides by \"6\" to isolate y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28%28-1%29%2F%286%29%29x%2B%287%29%2F%286%29\" Break up the fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%281%2F6%29x%2B7%2F6\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can see that the equation \"y=-%281%2F6%29x%2B7%2F6\" has a slope \"m=-1%2F6\" and a y-intercept \"b=7%2F6\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since parallel lines have equal slopes, this means that we know that the slope of the unknown parallel line is \"m=-1%2F6\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's use the point slope formula to find the equation of the parallel line by plugging in the slope \"m=-1%2F6\" and the coordinates of the given point .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" Start with the point slope formula\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y-9=%28-1%2F6%29%28x-6%29\" Plug in \"m=-1%2F6\", \"x%5B1%5D=6\", and \"y%5B1%5D=9\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y-9=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B%28-1%2F6%29%28-6%29\" Distribute\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y-9=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B1\" Multiply\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B1%2B9\" Add 9 to both sides. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B10\" Combine like terms. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the equation of the line parallel to \"x%2B6y=7\" that goes through the point is \"y=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B10\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here's a graph to visually verify our answer:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Graph of the original equation \"y=-%281%2F6%29x%2B7%2F6\" (red) and the parallel line \"y=%28-1%2F6%29x%2B10\" (green) through the point .
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