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OpenStudy (princeevee):

help please

OpenStudy (princeevee):

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

So first I would change it into slope intercept form to make it easier to deal with\[y=mx+b\]

OpenStudy (princeevee):

ok

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

Once you have it in slope intercept insert the points into a point slope form which is \[y-y _{1}=m(x-x _{1})\]. Then insert the x and y coordinates into the x1 and y1

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

Just message me when you are done! :)

OpenStudy (princeevee):

12

OpenStudy (princeevee):

or -12

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

You should come out with an equation

OpenStudy (princeevee):

oh, 0 -0^1=4(4-4^1)

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

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OpenStudy (princeevee):

oh....so the answer is 3/4?

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

No that was putting the original equation, which was in standard form, into slope intercept. Now we have to do point slope

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

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OpenStudy (stefrheart):

Now you need to simplify it so that

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

Were you able to simplify it?

OpenStudy (princeevee):

no...

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

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OpenStudy (stefrheart):

That should be your answer. I dont know if you have to have it standard form, so if you have to change it back. Any questions?

OpenStudy (princeevee):

wait so the answer is 3/4x -3?

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

yeah it should be y=3/4x-3

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

So that would be the equation that is parallel to the original with those coordinates.

OpenStudy (princeevee):

i dont have any graph tools....

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

an easier way would be to say that since these lines are parallel, their difference can only be the y intercept, because parallel means slope is the same. Remeber that a line contants two constants, one for slope, one for y-intercept. If their slope is the same, y-intercept has to be different otherwise two lines are the same

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

therefore we can immediately say that we have an equation of the form\[-3x+4y=b\]

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

now, let x=4 and y-0, you get b=-12

OpenStudy (princeevee):

so -12 is the anser.

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

no, the answer is -3x+4y=-12, the whole eqn is the answer

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