document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=109869>Question 109869</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073052816/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the equation of the line through [-17/3, 8/5] that is parallel to the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  * -17/3x+8/5y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  * y=-17/3x+8/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  * x=-17/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  * y=8/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #80076 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=80076\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Anything that is parallel to the x axis has a slope of 0 (ie m=0). So the equation \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "becomes \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now just substitute in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=8%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=8%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=8%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=8%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the equation parallel to the x axis going through (-17/3, 8/5) is \r<BR>\n" );
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