SOLUTION: WRITE THE EQUATION OF THE LINE WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE POINT (2,1)AND IS PARALLEL TO THE LINE WITH EQUATION Y=5/2X+6

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Question 121055:
WRITE THE EQUATION OF THE LINE WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE POINT (2,1)AND IS PARALLEL TO THE LINE WITH EQUATION Y=5/2X+6
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=5/2X+6 (RED LINE)HAS A SLOPE=5/2 SO THE PARALLEL LINE WILL ALSO HAVE A SLOPE=5/2
1=2*5/2+b
1=5+b
b=1-5
b=-4 IS THE Y INTERCEPT THUS THE EQUATION IS:
Y=5/2X-4 (GREEN LINE)
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+5x%2F2+%2B6%2C+y+=+5x%2F2+-4%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions y = 5x/2 +6 and y = 5x/2 -4).