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Question 0.1.13: Finding the Equation of a Parallel Line Find an equation of ...

Finding the Equation of a Parallel Line

Find an equation of the line parallel to y = 3x − 2 and through the point (−1, 3).

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It’s easy to read the slope of the line from the equation: m = 3. The equation of the parallel line is then

y = 3[x − (−1)] + 3

or simply y = 3x + 6. We show a graph of both lines in Figure 0.15.

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