document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892600>Question 892600</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write an equation of the line parallel to the given line and with the given y-intercept. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A line parallel must have the same slope (2).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope-intercept form of a line is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where <BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "plug in what we know:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2x + (-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2x - 2 (answer)<BR>\n" );
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