Question

PLEASE HELP!
find the equation of the line in point slope form that is parallel to y+1=3(x-1) and passes through and passes through (2,6)

Answer 1

first expand the bracket

then rewrite the equation so it reads y=????

This will give you more information about the line....

Post your result here - I'll help more

Answer 2

y=mx+b?

Answer 3

that's what you're tryiong to get to - but you need the real numbers.

do the 2 steps I wrote above....

Answer 4

so i would plug in 2,6 in the equation?

Answer 5

no

@M4thM1nd - PLEASE do not post the whole answer

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

I have given you 2 steps above - PLEASE do them - they will get you on the way to an answer

first expand the bracket

then rewrite the equation so it reads y=????

Answer 8

both lines must be parallel... so they must have the same "m"

Answer 9

after that, you have a point (2,6) and the "m", now just write the equation of line

Answer 10

y=3x?

Answer 11

Yes!

Answer 12

Why don't you PLEASE do exactly the 2 steps I posted?

IF I didn't think they would help you to get the answer then I wouldn't have suggested them

Answer 13

what do you mean by expand the bracket

Answer 14

3(x+1) = ??

Answer 15

so then i would plug in 2,6?

Answer 16

I give up

Answer 17

lol im reeally bad at this

Answer 18

first expand the bracket means 3(x+1) =

then rewrite the equation so it reads y=????

Answer 19

y=3(x+1)

Answer 20

y+1= 3(x+1) is the equation given.

NOW
write it as y+1= ???? where ??? = the expanded bracket (i.e. multiply the 3 into all terms inside the bracket)

Answer 21

y+1=3x+3?

Answer 22

good!

NOW
rearrange that equation so it is

y=???

Answer 23

y=3x+3?

Answer 24

what happened to the 1 from y+1?

Answer 25

so 1=3x+3?

Answer 26

I'm sorry to be blunt - but if you cannot manipulate equations accurately then you cannot do this type of question.

Please revise re-arranging equations

Answer 27

i really dont get it thanks for the help i give up

Answer 28

don't give up, let me try to make you understand

Answer 29

you have this equation
y+1 = 3*(x-1) , right?

Answer 30

what is the slope of this line?

Answer 31

i skipped the question already can we try a new one?

Answer 32

let's try this one first, because if you don't understant this one, probabily you won't solve the next one

Answer 33

okay so the slope is 3?

Answer 34

can you identify what is the slope of this equation:
y+1=3*(x-1)

Answer 35

that's right

Answer 36

whats next?

Answer 37

there is many forms of the equation of a line, let's use this one:
(y - y0) = m*(x - x0)
where the point (x0, y0) is a point IN this line (can be any point in this line), and m is the slope of this line

Answer 38

till here you understantd?

Answer 39

okay so where the m is ill put 3?

Answer 40

wait, this is a general form, the Problem asks you to find the equation of the line that is PARALLEL to (y+1)=3*(x-1) and passes through point (2,6)

Answer 41

if two lines are parallel they must have the same slope right? so the same m

Answer 42

yes

Answer 43

Ok, so now we know that the line that we want to find has slope 3, i.e m=3

Answer 44

okay

Answer 45

now we use the general equation of a line:
(y - y0) = m*(x - x0)
Now m = 3 and one point that we want that this line passes through is (2,6), so x0 = 2 and y0 = 6

Answer 46

now just plug this values, and we get
(y - 2) = 3*(x - 6)

Answer 47

and that is the answer

Answer 48

sorry
(y - 6) = 3*(x - 2)

Answer 49

i got it now well no expert yet

Answer 50

parallel lines have the same slope. the slope of the line is 3
now you know it passes through (2, 6) so when x = 2 y = 6 m= 3 you can find b
y = mx + b is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form
6 = 3(2) + b so b = 0
for any point on the line (x, y)
y = 3x + 0
so the line parallel is y = 3x

Answer 51

Good luck with your study

Answer 52

thank you

Answer 53

@M4thM1nd would it be different for slope intercept form