SOLUTION: A line passing through (4, 20) and (6, y) is parallel to a line with slope –7. What is the value of y?

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Question 123836: A line passing through (4, 20) and (6, y) is parallel to a line with slope –7. What is the value of y?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the line passing through (4, 20) and (6, y) is parallel to a line with slope -7, then the line itself must have a slope of -7 because parallel lines have equal slopes.

If you have two points, you can calculate the slope by m=%28y%5B1%5D-y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29, so:

%2820-y%29%2F%284-6%29=-7
%2820-y%29%2F-2=-7
20-y=14
y=6