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Given a point on a line and the equation of a parallel or perpendicular line, write the equation of the line in point-slope form.

Pt on the line : (1,5)
Parallel to y=7

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Answer: y - 5 = 0(x - 1)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Recall that point slope form in general is written as such

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

where,

m is the slope

(x1,y1) is the point the line goes through

The given equation y = 7 can be written as y = 0x+7. So we see that this line has a slope of m = 0

Plug m = 0 along with the given point (x1,y1) = (1,5) into the point slope equation and we get

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

y - 5 = 0(x - 1)

which is the final answer

note: the equation in bold can be rearranged and simplified to get y = 5; however your teacher seems to want the answer in point-slope form, so we leave it as such.

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