document.write( "Question 680824: I need to write an equation in point intercept form for the line that is parallel to the given line and that passes through the given point for 4y=x (4,0) I got y=1/4x-0. is that correct? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you got \"y=%281%2F4%29x-0\" which is slope-intercept form where slope \"m=1%2F4\" and y-intercept is \"0\"\r
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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line

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\n" ); document.write( " Since any two parallel lines have the same slope we know the slope of the unknown line is \"1%2F4\" (its from the slope of \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax%2B0\" which is also \"1%2F4\").\n" ); document.write( "Also since the unknown line goes through (4,0), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" where m is the slope and (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is the given point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-0=%281%2F4%29%2A%28x-4%29\" Plug in \"m=1%2F4\", \"x%5B1%5D=4\", and \"y%5B1%5D=0\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-0=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-%281%2F4%29%284%29\" Distribute \"1%2F4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-0=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-4%2F4\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-4%2F4%2B0\"Add \"0\" to both sides to isolate y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-4%2F4%2B0%2F4\" Make into equivalent fractions with equal denominators
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-4%2F4\" Combine the fractions
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-1\" Reduce any fractions
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\n" ); document.write( " So the equation of the line that is parallel to \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax%2B0\" and goes through (\"4\",\"0\") is \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So here are the graphs of the equations \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax%2B0\" and \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of the given equation \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax%2B0\" (red) and graph of the line \"y=%281%2F4%29%2Ax-1\"(green) that is parallel to the given graph and goes through (\"4\",\"0\")
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