SOLUTION: find the equation of a line parallel to 2x-5y=10 and passes through the point (-2, -3) IN STANDARD FORM

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Question 504372: find the equation of a line parallel to 2x-5y=10 and passes through the point (-2, -3) IN STANDARD FORM
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Anything parallel to 2x-5y=10 is in the form 2x-5y=C where C is some number.

Since the line passes through (-2, -3), we know that x = -2 and y = -3

Plug these values in and simplify

2x-5y=C

2(-2)-5(-3)=C

-4+15=C

11=C

So C = 11, which means that the answer is 2x-5y = 11


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