SOLUTION: A line with slope 4/(5-k) is parallel to the line with equation (3+k)y-7x=12x+ky-y(3k-5). Find the value of "k" and write the equation of the line in standard form with whole n

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Question 1198716: A line with slope 4/(5-k) is parallel to the line with equation
(3+k)y-7x=12x+ky-y(3k-5). Find the value of "k" and write the equation
of the line in standard form with whole numbers for the coefficients.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's one exactly like it step-by-step:

A line with slope 5%2F%286-k%29 is parallel to the line with equation
%284%2Bk%29y-8x%22%22=%22%2213x%2Bky-y%284k-7%29.
Find the value of "k" and write the equation of the line in standard form with
whole numbers for the coefficients.
First put %284%2Bk%29y-8x%22%22=%22%2213x%2Bky-y%284k-7%29 in slope-intercept form:

%284%2Bk%29y-8x%22%22=%22%2213x%2Bky-4ky%2B7y

4y%2B4ky-7y%22%22=%22%22%2221x

4ky-3y%22%22=%22%2221x <--(when we find k, we'll substitute it here)

y%284k-3%29%22%22=%22%22%2221x

y%22%22=%22%2221x%2F%284k-3%29

y%22%22=%22%22expr%2821%2F%284k-3%29%29x

Compare that to y = mx+b and we see the slope m

m%22%22=%22%2221%2F%284k-3%29

This must equal to 5%2F%286-k%29

21%2F%284k-3%29%22%22=%22%225%2F%286-k%29

Cross-multiply:

21%286-k%29%22%22=%22%225%284k-3%29

126-21k%22%22=%22%2220k-15%29

-41k%29%22%22=%22%22-141

k%29%22%22=%22%22%28-141%29%2F%28-41%29

k%29%22%22=%22%22141%2F41

Now we substitute that into the equation of the line:
Since that comes out a bad fraction (yours does too),
the easiest place to substitute it is in

4ky-3y%22%22=%22%2221x

4%28141%2F41%29y-3y%22%22=%22%2221x

%28564%2F41%29y-3y%22%22=%22%2221x

Multiply through by 41

564y-123y%22%22=%22%22861x

441y%22%22=%22%22861x

-861x%2B441y%22%22=%22%220

Divide through by -21

41x-21y%22%22=%22%220

Now do yours exactly the same way.

Edwin