find the equation of the line passing through the points (5,4) and parallel to the line whose equation is 2x+y=3

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anonymous · Answer

Well, do you know what the slope of an equation would be if it was parallel to another line?

anonymous · Answer

Slopes of lines that are parallel to other lines have the same slope. So, for example, a line with an equation of y=3x+6 would be parallel to the line of y=3x+9 because they have the same slope.

anonymous · Answer

So for your problem, you could deduce the equation of y=-2x+3 by moving the variables to the other side. This would allow you to get a slope of -2. you can then plug in 5 for x and 4 for y to get your y-intercept.

anonymous · Answer

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