SOLUTION: I need to find the equation of the line containing the point(-3,2) parallel to y=5. I'm stuck...

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Question 560094: I need to find the equation of the line containing the point(-3,2) parallel to y=5. I'm stuck...
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Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=5 is a horizontal line. Its y value is always 5.


A line parallel to it is a horizontal line. If it must contain the point (-3,2) meaning (x,y) a y value of 2, then it must be a horizontal line at y=2.


The equation of that line is y=2.

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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The line , is a line where ALL of the ordered pairs have a -coordinate equal to 5, in other words a horizontal line. Horizontal lines have a zero slope. Parallel lines have identical slopes, so any line parallel to a horizontal line has to have a zero slope and will have an equation of the form where is the coordinate of ANY point on that line. Since the desired line contains the point , then an equation that represents this line is

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