document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=550518>Question 550518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me find the slope intercept of the one passing through the point (-4,0) and parallel to the line y=3x+2. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Parallel lines have the same slope so our slope will be 3 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So far we know<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(3)x+b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can sub in -4 and 0 for x and y and solve for b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=(3)*(-4)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=-12+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now going back to y=mx+b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "we know that m=(3) and b=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(3)x-+12 is our parallel line </SPAN>\n" );
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