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What is the equation of the line parallel to the given line.
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What is the equation of the line parallel to the given line.

What is the equation of the line parallel to the given line.-example-1
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The equation of the line is y=1/5x-3 so the parallel line is going to have the same slope but a different b.

Plug in (-2,2) in the equation
2=1/5(-2)+b
2=-2/5
12/5=b

Equation: y=1/5x+12/5
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