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Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the given line. Please help!!

Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel-example-1

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Answer: C y= -3/2x + 11

Explanation:

So you have to know the parallel lines have the same slopes but different y- intercepts. so we will use the same slopes but we will calculate the y -intercept.

in the points (4,5) 5 is the y value and 4 is the x value. and we will plot it into the formula y=mx + b where m is the slope and we already know the slope is -3/2 but we need to find the y intercept.

5 = -3/2(4) + b

5= -6 + b

+6 +6

b= 11 so now we know the y intercept is 11 so the equation will be y= -3/2x + 11

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