Question

What is the equation of the line, in standard form, that passes through (4, -3) and is parallel to the line whose equation is 4x + y - 2 = 0?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

you should change the equation to slope intercept form

Answer 3

how do you do that?

Answer 4

well slope intercept form looks like y= mx+b so isolate the y by moving the stuff to the other side

Answer 5

parallel lines of this equation have the same slope but a different constant

Answer 6

or in other words, different y-intercept

Answer 7

do you understand?

Answer 8

if you change the equation, you will be able to see the slope.