document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=859300>Question 859300</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the equation of the line that contains the point (20, -7) and is parallel to the line y=3/4x-8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #517691 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39623)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=517691\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Parallel lines in a plane have the same slope.  You are looking for some line with equation y=(3/4)x+b.  Use the point which the line must contain to find the value for b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could use point-slope form instead, but keeping with slope-intercept form is simpler. </SPAN>\n" );
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