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Which is the equation of a line parallel to a line containing the points (-3, 1) and (6, 4) and passing throught the point (5, 2)?
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document.write( "And then we'll draw that line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We'll find the slope of that line using\r\n" );
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document.write( "The line parallel to that one must slope the same way, that is,\r\n" );
document.write( "it must have the same slope.\r\n" );
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document.write( " Now we'll use the point-slope formula with (x₁,y₁) = (5,2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 3:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To check, we'll plot the point (5,2) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we'll get a couple more points\r\n" );
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document.write( " x | y\r\n" );
document.write( " 2 | 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a line through those:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the green line is parallel to the black line and it goes through (5,2).\r\n" );
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