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Line G passes through the point (7,11) and is parallel to the line given by y = 4(3x + 2). What is the equation of line G? Give your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are integers or fractions in their simplest forms.​

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Answer:

y = 12x - 73

Explanation:

Pre-Solving

We are given the line y=4(3x+2).

We want to find the equation of line G, which contains the point (7,11), and is parallel to y=4(3x+2) in the form y=mx+c. m is the slope, and c is the value of y at the y-intercept.

Parallel lines have the same slopes. So, we should start by finding the slope of y=4(3x+2).

Solving

We can do the distributive property to distribute the 4 to both terms on the right side.

y=4(3x+2) => y=12x + 8

Notice how this equation is written in the form y=mx+c. As 12 is written in the place where m is, the slope of this line is 12.

It is also the slope of line G.

We can replace m in y=mx+c with 12 for line G. We'll get:

y=12x + c

Now, we need to find c.

We can use the point (7,11) to help us find c.

Substitute 7 for x and 11 for y.

11 = 12(7) + c

Multiply.

11 = 84 + c

Subtract 84 from both sides

-73 = c

Substitute -73 as c.

y = 12x - 73

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