document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=735225>Question 735225</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We have to plan out a city by answering these questions and graphing them. I am stumped by this question because I got stuck. it says: A street is needed to pass through (x,8) and (5,9) and should be a parallel to Avenue B (which is -2x + 8) What is the x-value that corresponds to the y-value of 8?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know what to do with the two points, but I got stuck after I subtracted 9-8 and kept the 5-x resulting in 1 over 5-x. What do I do next? thanks in advance! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If lines are parallel, they have equal slopes.  By inspection of the equation for Avenue B (which should have been expressed as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\ =\ -2x\ +\ 8\">, by the way) you can see that the slope of the line that describes Avenue B is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -2\">.  You correctly identified an expression for the slope of the line describing Avenue A, so you can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{1}{5\ -\ x}\ =\ -2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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