Question 609571
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Determine the slope of the line represented by the given equation.  The given equation is in standard form, so divide the opposite of the coefficient on *[tex \LARGE x] by the coefficient on *[tex \LARGE y].


Parallel lines have identical slopes, so the slope of the desired line is the same as the slope you just calculated.


Use the point-slope form of the equation of a line


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ m(x\ -\ x_1) ]


where *[tex \Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)] are the coordinates of the given point and *[tex \Large m] is the calculated slope.


Insert the known values and then solve the equation for *[tex \LARGE y] in terms of everything else to get the equation into slope-intercept form, namely *[tex \LARGE y\ =\ mx\ +\ b]


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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