document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=937505>Question 937505</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the equation parallel to 3x+2y=4 that passes through (-6,5), in Ax+By= C form </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 2y = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put the equation in the slope/intercept form to find the slope (y = mx+b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 3x from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = 3x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y has to have a coefficient of 1, divide both sides by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope is -3/2, parallel lines have the same slope, using the given points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-6; y=5, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "use these values in the slope/intercept equation, mx + b = y, find b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(-6) + b = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 + b = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 5 - 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the equation then is y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "get rid of the fraction multiply equation by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = -3x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put it in the standard form, add 3x to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2y = -8 </SPAN>\n" );
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