document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131384>Question 1131384</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line that passes through the point <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(&#8722;2, 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and is parallel to the line <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x &#8722; 8y &#8722; 3 = 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the question does not ask for an equation in any particular form, there is no need to find the slope of the given line.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any line parallel to the line with equation<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-8y-3=0<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "will have an equation of the form<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-8y+c=0<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "where c is a constant to be determined.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That constant can be determined knowing that the point (-2,2) satisfies the equation:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-14-16%2Bc+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-14-16%2Bc+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-30%2Bc+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-30%2Bc+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "An equation of the line through (-2,2) and parallel to 7x-8y-3=0 is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7x-8y%2B30+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7x-8y%2B30+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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