Question

What is the equation of a line that passes through the point (8, −2) and is parallel to the line whose equation is 3x + 4y = 15?

Answer 1

`y=(-3)/(4) x+4`

Explanation:

parallel means equal slope, so slope should be -3/4

then use point slope form

y-(-2)=(-3/4)(x-8)

y=(-3/4)x+4