document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71083>Question 71083</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078603900/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">             write the slope intercept form for an equation of the line parallel to the graph of the given equation and passing through the given point?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                   3x+9y=1, (3,0) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9y=-3x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/9+1/9 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/3+1/9 this line has a slope of -1/3. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so a parrallel line through (3,0) has the same slope .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we substitute the (3,0) values for the x & y values in the line formula & solve for the y intercept(b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=-1/3*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=-1+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1 so this line equation is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/3+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the graph of these two lines is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+-x%2F3%2B1%2F9%2C+y+=+-x%2F3+%2B1%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+-x%2F3%2B1%2F9%2C+y+=+-x%2F3+%2B1%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x300 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions y = -x/3+1/9 and y = -x/3 +1).  </SPAN>\n" );
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