document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8240>Question 8240</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the line parallel to another line ex. x + 2y = 7 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4534 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><B>glabow(165)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4534\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A parallel line to a given line is one that has the same slope, but a different y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope-intercept form of the equation of the line x+2y = 7 is y = -1/2 x + 7/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So any line with the equation y = -1/2 x + b [b not equal 7/2] will be parallel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here's a graph of a couple of such lines with b= 3/2 and 6:<BR>\n" );
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