SOLUTION: write the equation of the line parallel to the equation y=-1/4x+7 and passes through the ordered pair (0,15)

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Question 313966: write the equation of the line parallel to the equation y=-1/4x+7 and passes through the ordered pair (0,15)
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=-1/4x+7 (red line)
and passes through the ordered pair (0,15).
THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE=-1/4.
THE PARALLEL LINE WILL ALSO HAVE A SLOPE=-1/4
15=-1/4*0+b
15=b the Y intercept of the parallel line.
Y=-x/4+15 (green line)is the equation for the parallel line passing through (0,15).
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+15%2C+-10%2C+20%2C+-x%2F4+%2B7%2C+-x%2F4+%2B15%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 15, y from -10 to 20, of TWO functions -x/4 +7 and -x/4 +15).