SOLUTION: Write an equation of the line containing teh given point and parallel to teh given line. Express answer in form y=mx+b (-5, 3); 5x = 2y + 9 (2, 3); 3x + y = 8 (7, -9); 8x

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Question 331584: Write an equation of the line containing teh given point and parallel to teh given line. Express answer in form y=mx+b
(-5, 3); 5x = 2y + 9
(2, 3); 3x + y = 8
(7, -9); 8x + 3y = 2
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Step 1: Solve the given equation for in terms of everything else. That is to say, put it into slope-intercept form, .

Step 2: Determine the slope of the given line by examination of the coefficient on . The slope of the desired line will be equal because:



Step 3: Use the point-slope form of the equation of a straight line:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the given/calculated slope.

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