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On a coordinate plane, a line goes through (negative 3, negative 3) and (negative 1, 5). What is the equation of the line parallel to the given line with an x-intercept of 4? y = x +

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Answer:

Explanation:

A line that is parallel to the line that goes through (-3, -3) and (-1, 5) will have the same slope as the one we will find when we plug those numbers into the slope formula. Let's do that first:


m=(5-(-3))/(-1-(-3))=(5+3)/(-1+3)=(8)/(2)=4 so the line we need to write has a slope of 4. Moving on...

If the x-intercept we need is 4, that means that we need to understand what an x-intercept is. The x-intercept exists where y = 0; so what we need to do is to write the equation of the line that has a slope of 4 and passes through the point (4, 0). Doing that:

y - 0 = 4(x - 4) and

y = 4x - 16

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Answer:

Answer above is correct!

First Box: 4

Second Box: -16

Explanation:

Hope this helps :D

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