document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1023370>Question 1023370</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a slope-intercept equation for a line parallel to the line x + 4y = 7 which passes through<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the point (12, –7). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #638881 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=638881\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A couple of ways to do this...anyway, from standard form, we know the slope is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -A/B = -1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Parallel lines have equal slopes...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now use y = mx + b to find b...like this...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7 = (-1/4)(12) + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7 = -3 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4 = b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and our line is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/4)x - 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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