HELP!!!!
Write the equation of the line that is parallel to the line y = 2x + 2 and passes through the point (5, 3).

y = 2x − 7

y = −one half x − 2

y = 2x − 2

y = −one half x − 7

Question

HELP!!!!
Write the equation of the line that is parallel to the line y = 2x + 2 and passes through the point (5, 3). 

 y = 2x − 7 

 y = −one half x − 2 

 y = 2x − 2 

 y = −one half x − 7

tkhunny · Answer

parallel to the line y = 2x + 2

Immediately discard the 2nd and the 4th.  Wrong slope.  That would be the correct slope if the problem statement had said "perpendicular".

Okay, now what?