document.write( "Question 390236: what is the equation of a line that passes through (-4,8)and is parallel to 6x-3y=9 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Using the standard slope-intercept 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( "Line parallel to 6x-3y = 9  OR y = 2x - 3 (blue line)   slope m = 2
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document.write( "parallel line have identical slopes.  thus new line:
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document.write( "y = 2x + b  using ordered pair pt(-4,8) to solve for b
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document.write( "8 = 2*(-4) + b
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document.write( " 16 = b
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document.write( "y = 2x + 16  Green line
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