document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=410836>Question 410836</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the formula for the linear function that passes through the point P=(2,-9)and is parallel to the linear function given by the equality:  7x-13y=22 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sol'n:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from the equation, were going to find the the slope of the line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13y=7x-22, then divide by 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(7/13)x-22/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from slope-intercept form:y=mx+b, m is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, m = 7/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "at P(2,-9) w/ m = 7/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from point-slope form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y1=m(x-x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+9=(7/13)(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13(y+9)=7(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13y+117=7x-14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-13y-131=0 ---answer<BR>\n" );
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