SOLUTION: Write and equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line.

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Question 396772: Write and equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line.
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Step 1: Determine the slope of the line represented by the given equation.

Step 2: Determine the slope of the desired line. Parallel lines have equal slopes, so the desired line will have a slope equal to the slope determined in step 1.

Step 3: Use the point-slope form of an equation of a line:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the given/calculated slope.

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