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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to find an equation for the line parallel to the line -3x+9y=-9 having the same y-intercept as 4x-9y=8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x+9y=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We have to find the slope so we have to get the formula in this form: y=mx+b where m is the slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9y=3x-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(1/3)x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, m=1/3 and any line parallel to it will have m=1/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the line must have the same y intercept as 4x-9y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x intercept is when y=0. When that happens 4x=8; x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we have a point: (2,0) and a slope: 1/3.<BR>\n" );
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