SOLUTION: find an equation for the line -8x+4y=3 having the same y intercept as -7x + 3y=-8.
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find an equation for the line -8x+4y=3 having the same y intercept as -7x + 3y=-8.
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The equation -8x+4y=3 is also y=2x+3/4.
The equation -7x+3y=-8 is also y=7x/8-8/3.
You CANNOT make the first equation have the y intercept of the second equation. The first equation's line has y intercept
and the second equation's line has y intercept
.