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| Question 480617:   A line that passes through (-2, 7) and is parallel to the line 2x - y = 1 has equation?
 
 Answer by htmentor(1343)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A line that passes through (-2, 7) and is parallel to the line 2x - y = 1 has equation? ====================
 Putting in standard y = mx + b form we have y = 2x - 1
 Parallel lines have the same slope, so the equation of our line is y = 2x + b
 Since (-2,7) lies on the line we can use this to determine the y-intercept:
 7 = 2(-2) + b
 This gives b = 11
 So the equation is y = 2x + 11
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