SOLUTION: find the equation in slope-intercept form of the line that passes through the point (-1, -3) and is parallel to the line y=8

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Question 629227: find the equation in slope-intercept form of the line that passes through the point (-1, -3) and is parallel to the line y=8
Found 3 solutions by solver91311, ewatrrr, josmiceli:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the point-slope form:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the slope is obtained from the fact that parallel lines have identical slopes.

Once you have plugged in the values for , , and , solve the equation for in terms of everything else to get the equation into form.

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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Line passing through the Pt(x,y): (-1, -3) that is parallel to the line y = 8

must be y = -3

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+y+=+8+ is a horizontal line through (x,8) where
x can be any value. So the slope is +0+
Using the slope-intercept formula:
+%28+-3+-+y+%29+%2F+%28+-1+-+x+%29+=+0+
+-3+-+y+=+0+
+y+=+-3+ answer