Question

What is an equation in slope-intercept form on the line that passes through (6,10) and is parallel to the graph of y = 1/3x - 1?

Answer 1

take co ordinate geometry in use

Answer 2

Do you know what slope intercept form is? Do you know what the slopes of parallel lines have in common?

Answer 3

no not really

Answer 4

10 = (1/3)(6) + b
10 = 2 + b
b = 8
so
y = 1/3x + 8 is answer

Answer 5

Well @Argos gave you the answer. If you need further explanation, I can explain.

Answer 6

Lil bit. Im in 7th grade and doing 9th grade work and i dont get this crap.
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Answer 7

can u medal me pls if i gave u good answer otherwise my mom will make me get off computer im only 10

Answer 8

Parallel lines have the same slope
y= 1/3x - 1 Slope intercept form: y=mx+b, and m is the slope
For the equation above, whats the slope?

Answer 9

1/3

Answer 10

The slopes of parallel lines have the same slope. The problem tells you that the line you find must be parallel to y =1/3x - 1..therefore the slope of the line you find must have the same slope as y = 1/3x - 1

Answer 11

Do you know point slope form?

Answer 12

i dont know what i know

Answer 13

im so confused

Answer 14

lol

Answer 15

Does this look familiar?
\[ y- y _{1}= m ( x - x _{1})\]

Answer 16

Yes, but we do it differently, we divide

Answer 17

divide for point slope form, or for finding slope?

Answer 18

slope formula

Answer 19

No, this is something else called point slope formula, when you need to use a point and slope to find the equation of a line

Answer 20

Ok I think I am getting it now, I was absent and missed the notes and lesson on this

Answer 21

Ok, just let me know if you dont understand anything.
So can you tell me what point you need to use, and what slope?

Answer 22

Maybe I do not understand, The only information I had is what I typed initially. I am sorry, I won't take up your time

Answer 23

You gave the point: (6,10)
And said the parallel slope was 1/3, right?

Answer 24

yes

Answer 25

Do you know what y1 and x1 are?

Answer 26

yes, but I do not know how to get them for this equation

Answer 27

y1 is just the y part of the point. You do know that a point is (x,y)?

Answer 28

yes

Answer 29

So I plug 6 and 10 into the x & y and complete the equation?

Answer 30

Yeah, and plug in the 1/3 for the slope (m)

Answer 31

ok

Answer 32

Let me know what you get

Answer 33

10 = 1?

Answer 34

o_o can you tell me how the equation looked once it was all plugged in?

Answer 35

\[10 = 1/3 (6)- 1\]

Answer 36

What happened to the y and the x?

Answer 37

10 = 2-1
10/1 = 1/1
10 =1

Answer 38

I replaced them with the points (6, 10)

Answer 39

No.. wait let me show you with an example:
Get it?