SOLUTION: can you please help me write an equation in slope intercept form for the line that passes through 2 and 4 and is parallel to y=3x+2. I need to find the slope of the line and write

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Question 679035: can you please help me write an equation in slope intercept form for the line that passes through 2 and 4 and is parallel to y=3x+2. I need to find the slope of the line and write the equation in point slope form and write the equations in slope intercept form
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can you please help me write an equation in slope intercept form for the line that passes through 2 and 4 and is parallel to y=3x+2. I need to find the slope of the line and write the equation in point slope form and write the equations in slope intercept form
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The given equation has slope = 3.
Any line parallel to it must have slope = 3.
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Equation:
slope = 3 and y = 4 when x = 2
Form: y = mx + b
Solve for "b":
4 = 3*2 + b
b = -2
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Equation:
y = 3x -2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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