SOLUTION: write an equation of the line parallel to the line given by -2x+6y=5 and having the same y-intercept as the line given by 8x-7y=0''

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Question 1016175: write an equation of the line parallel to the line given by -2x+6y=5 and having the same y-intercept as the line given by 8x-7y=0''
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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-2x+6y=5
parallel to this means the same slope.
6y=2x+5
y=1/3x+5/6 and we have 1/3 as the slope.
8x-7y=0
7y=8x
y=8/7x+0 the intercept is (0,0)
y=1/3x is it.