document.write( "Question 120693: i am having trouble solving problems similar to this: Write an equation of the line that passes throuhg the given point and is parallel to the given line.
\n" ); document.write( "(4,5),y=x+6. I would much appreciate your help with this problem and an explanation if its not too much trouble.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #88477 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line

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\n" ); document.write( " Since any two parallel lines have the same slope we know the slope of the unknown line is \"1\" (its from the slope of \"y=1%2Ax%2B6\" which is also \"1\").\n" ); document.write( "Also since the unknown line goes through (4,5), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
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\n" ); document.write( " Point-Slope Formula:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" where m is the slope and (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is the given point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-5=1%2A%28x-4%29\" Plug in \"m=1\", \"x%5B1%5D=4\", and \"y%5B1%5D=5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-5=1%2Ax-%281%29%284%29\" Distribute \"1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-5=1%2Ax-4\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=1%2Ax-4%2B5\"Add \"5\" to both sides to isolate y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=1%2Ax%2B1\" Combine like terms
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\n" ); document.write( " So the equation of the line that is parallel to \"y=1%2Ax%2B6\" and goes through (\"4\",\"5\") is \"y=1%2Ax%2B1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So here are the graphs of the equations \"y=1%2Ax%2B6\" and \"y=1%2Ax%2B1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of the given equation \"y=1%2Ax%2B6\" (red) and graph of the line \"y=1%2Ax%2B1\"(green) that is parallel to the given graph and goes through (\"4\",\"5\")
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