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document.write( "The first thing to realize is that parallel lines have equal slopes, so in a
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document.write( "problem like this, you first need to determine the slope of the given line.
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document.write( "The best way to do this is to put the given equation into slope-intercept form
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document.write( "Your next task is to write an equation in point-slope form (),
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document.write( "using the slope you determined from the given equation and the given point.\r
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document.write( "This equation is already in the slope-intercept form, so the first step is
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document.write( "done.  You can determine the slope of the line by examining the coefficient on
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document.write( "the x term -- 5 in this case.\r
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document.write( "Now take the coordinates from the given point, (0,0), and substitute them and
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document.write( "the value of the slope into the point-slope form of the line:\r
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document.write( "graph of the derived parallel line equation.
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