document.write( "Question 1010762: Find the equation of the line passing through the point (-2,-7) and parallel to the line 5x+y=4 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and parallel to the line \"5x%2By=4\"=>\"y=-5x%2B4\"\r
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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line

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\n" ); document.write( " Since any two parallel lines have the same slope we know the slope of the unknown line is \"-5\" (its from the slope of \"y=-5%2Ax%2B4\" which is also \"-5\").\n" ); document.write( "Also since the unknown line goes through (-2,-7), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
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\n" ); document.write( " Point-Slope Formula:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" where m is the slope and (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is the given point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y%2B7=-5%2A%28x%2B2%29\" Plug in \"m=-5\", \"x%5B1%5D=-2\", and \"y%5B1%5D=-7\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y%2B7=-5%2Ax%2B%285%29%28-2%29\" Distribute \"-5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y%2B7=-5%2Ax-10\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-5%2Ax-10-7\"Subtract \"-7\" from both sides to isolate y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-5%2Ax-17\" Combine like terms
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\n" ); document.write( " So the equation of the line that is parallel to \"y=-5%2Ax%2B4\" and goes through (\"-2\",\"-7\") is \"y=-5%2Ax-17\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So here are the graphs of the equations \"y=-5%2Ax%2B4\" and \"y=-5%2Ax-17\"
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of the given equation \"y=-5%2Ax%2B4\" (red) and graph of the line \"y=-5%2Ax-17\"(green) that is parallel to the given graph and goes through (\"-2\",\"-7\")
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