SOLUTION: Find the slope-intercept form of the line passing through the point (3,0) and parallel to the line y=-4x-6.

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Question 350847: Find the slope-intercept form of the line passing through the point (3,0) and parallel to the line y=-4x-6.
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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Thru (3,0) and parallel to the line y=-4x-6.
Y=mX+b is the line equation.
A parallel line to (y=-4x-6) will also have a slope[m)=-4)
0=-4*3+b
0=-12+b
b=12 ans for the Y intercept of the parallel line.
y=-4x+12
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+14%2C+-4x+-6%2C-4x+%2B12%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 14,of TWO functions -4x -6 and -4x +12).