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Algebra.Com's Answer #288444 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "line that passes through (-4, 0) and is parallel to y= -2x+1
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document.write( "y= -2x+1   |slope m = -2.  Parallel lines have identical slopes  
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document.write( "New Line: m = -1/3   |Note: 3*-1/3 = -1
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document.write( " y = -2x + b   |using ordered pair Pt(-4,0) to solve for b
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document.write( " 0 = 8 + b
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document.write( " -8 = b 
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document.write( " y = -2x -8  |written in slope-intercept form
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