Line r has an equation of y−9=3(x−10). Line s includes the point (−2,−7) and is parallel to line r. What is the equation of line s ?Write the equation in slope-intercept form. Write the numbers in the equation as simplified proper fractions, improper fractions, or integers.
Q. Line r has an equation of y−9=3(x−10). Line s includes the point (−2,−7) and is parallel to line r. What is the equation of line s ?Write the equation in slope-intercept form. Write the numbers in the equation as simplified proper fractions, improper fractions, or integers.
Identify slope of line r: Identify the slope of line r from its equation.The equation of line r is given in point-slope form: y−9=3(x−10). The coefficient of (x−10) is the slope of line r, which is 3.
Determine slope of line s: Determine the slope of line s. Since line s is parallel to line r, it will have the same slope. Therefore, the slope of line s is also 3.
Write point-slope form: Write the point-slope form of line s using its slope and the given point.The point-slope form is y−y1=m(x−x1), where m is the slope and (x1,y1) is the given point. Substituting the slope 3 and the point (−2,−7), we get y−(−7)=3(x−(−2)).
Simplify to slope-intercept form: Simplify the point-slope form to get the slope-intercept form.First, simplify the equation: y+7=3(x+2). Then distribute the slope: y+7=3x+6. Finally, isolate y by subtracting 7 from both sides: y=3x+6−7.
Find y-intercept: Complete the simplification to find the y-intercept.Subtracting 7 from 6 gives us −1, so the equation becomes y=3x−1.
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