SOLUTION: Find the equation of a line which passes through point (-7, 1) and is parallel to the line formed by the equation y = 6x + 8. Express it in slope-intercept form.

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Question 325768: Find the equation of a line which passes through point (-7, 1) and is parallel to the line formed by the equation y = 6x + 8. Express it in slope-intercept form.
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Parallel lines have identical slopes, which is to say:



Your given equation is already in slope-intercept form, so you know the slope by inspection.

Use the point-slope form of an equation of a straight line to write an equation that represents the desired line.



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the slope determined by inspection of the given equation.

Then solve the result for in terms of everything else to put your answer into slope intercept form

John