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document.write( "Standard form of equation for a line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given equation: y=-6x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope,m=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope of parallel line, m=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-6x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using coordinates of given point (2, -3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=-6*2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of parallel line: y=-6x+9 </SPAN>\n" );
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