Question 160574: determine the equation of line that is parallel to y=-2x-2 and has the same y intercept as y=-x+5
Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! determine the equation of line that is parallel to y=-2x-2 and has the same y intercept as y=-x+5
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First, determine the slope of y=-2x-2
since the equation is already in the "slope-intercept" form y=mx+b
We know that the slope we want to be parallel with is -2.
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The y-intercept of y=-x+5
Again, it is already in y=mx+b form
So, we know the y-intercept 5
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Recapping, our new line has:
m = -2
and
b = 5
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Plugging the above into:
y = mx + b
our new equation is
y = -2x + 5
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