document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=92088>Question 92088</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help me solve this problem. I am having a lot of trouble working it out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L has y-intercept (0,-3)and is parallel to the line with equation y=2/3x+1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Parallel lines have equal slopes.  The slope-intercept form of a line is:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where m=slope and (0,b)=y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%282%2F3%29x%2B1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%282%2F3%29x%2B1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is m=2/3.  Therefore, your line also has a slope of m=2/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So m=2/3 and (0,b)=(0,-3), plug them into the slope-intercept form of the line and you have:<BR>\n" );
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