document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=77936>Question 77936</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495188891/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line.  Write the answer in slope-intercept form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4,-2),x=(5/4y)-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5/4Y=X+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=X*4/5+2*4/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=4X/5+8/5 NOW SUBSTITUTE THE POINTS (4,-2) FOR X & Y AND SOLVE FOR THE Y INTERCEPT(b). THE SLOPES (4/5 ARE THE SAME BEWCAUSE THE LINES ARE PARALLEL.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=4/5*4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-2-16/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=(-10-16)/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-26/5 SO THE EQUATION IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=4/5X-26/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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