document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325768>Question 325768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equation of a line which passes through point (-7, 1) and is parallel to the line formed by the equation y = 6x + 8. Express it in slope-intercept form. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Parallel lines have identical slopes, which is to say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  L_1\ \parallel\ L_2 \ \ \Leftrightarrow\ \ m_1\ =\ m_2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your given equation is already in slope-intercept <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\right)\"> form, so you know the slope by inspection.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the point-slope form of an equation of a straight line to write an equation that represents the desired line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ m(x\ -\ x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> are the coordinates of the given point and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large m\"> is the slope determined by inspection of the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then solve the result for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> in terms of everything else to put your answer into slope intercept form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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