document.write( "Question 371924: Write an equation line containing the given point and parallel to the given line. express your answer in the form y=m x+b. The equation of the line is y= ____
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document.write( "Write an equation line containing Pt(-7,2) and parallel to the line 8x=3y+7\r
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document.write( "*Note: The standard point-slope form for an equation of a line y = mx + b  
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document.write( "where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  
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document.write( "8x=3y+7    Solving for y to put this equation into the slope-intercept form
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document.write( "8x - 7 = 3y
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document.write( "(8/3)x -(7/3) = y
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document.write( "Slope is (8/3)   Parellel lines have equal slopes
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document.write( "New line:
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document.write( "y = (8/3)x + b   Using ordered pair(-7,2) to solve for b
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document.write( "2 = (8/3)*(-7) + b  
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document.write( "6/3 +(56/3) = b
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document.write( "62/3 = b
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document.write( "the equation of the line containing Pt(-7,2) and parallel to the line 8x=3y+7
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document.write( "y = (8/3)x + 62/3
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