SOLUTION: Input the equation for the following line in standard form Ax + By = C. Reduce all fractional answers to lowest terms. A line that passes through the origin and is parallel to x

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Question 409971: Input the equation for the following line in standard form Ax + By = C. Reduce all fractional answers to lowest terms.
A line that passes through the origin and is parallel to x + y = 6.

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A line that passes through the origin and is parallel to x + y = 6.

 



 x + y = 6  OR y = -x + 6  |slope m = -1.  Parallel lines have identical slopes

New Line:

 y = -x + b   |using ordered pair Pt(0,0) to solve for b

 0 = 0 + b

 0 = b 

  y = -x   |written in standard from: x + y = 0