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Write the equation of a line that is parallel to y = -0.75x and that passes through the point (8,0).
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Write the equation of a line that is parallel to y = -0.75x and that passes through the point (8,0).

User Frederik Aalund
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y = -0.75x - 6

It starts out as:
y - 0 = -0.75(x - 8)
Enter the point into the equation subtracting the x-value from the x-variable and the y-value from the y-variable. The slope must be the same since it is parallel. Then distribute and simplify
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