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Find the equation of the line parallel to y=1/2x+4that passes through (10,1)

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Answer:

y = -1/2x -4

Explanation:

The original graph is y = 1/2x + 4

The equation we are trying to find will be modelled by the form y = mx + c, where m is the gradient, and c is the y intercept. First we must find m.

Parallel lines will always have the same gradient, and so we can say that the gradient of our new line will also be 1/2. Hence:
y = 1/2x + c

The question tells us that (10,1) is a point on this new graph, so we can substitute these two points in for x and y to find the value of c.

1 = 1/2(10) + c

1 = 5 + c

c = -4

Therefore we can say that the new line will have the equation:

y = -1/2x -4

Hope that helps!

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