How to find the equation of a parallel line - Math

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What line is parallel to through the point ?

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The given line can be rewritten as , which has slope .

If the new line is parallel to the old line, it must have the same slope. So we use the point-slope form of an equation to calculate the new intercept.

becomes where .

So the equation of the parallel line is .

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