document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=295791>Question 295791</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to find the equation of the line that passes through the point (3,-2), and is parallel to the line with equation 3x-2y=7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "do I first find the slope? Then do I use the slope intercept form to get the equation? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope is -a/b=-3/-2=3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=3/2*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=9/2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2-9/2=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4/2-9/2=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13/2=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3/2*x-13/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=3x-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-2y=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the old equation was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-2y=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*-2=3*3-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=9-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok </SPAN>\n" );
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