Q. Line v has an equation of y=−51x+9. Line w includes the point (−10,1) and is parallet to line v. What is the equation of line w?
Identify Slope of Line w: Since line w is parallel to line v, it will have the same slope as line v. The slope of line v is the coefficient of x, which is −(51).
General Form of Line Equation: The general form of the equation of a line is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Since we know the slope of line w is −(51), we can write its equation as y=−(51)x+b, where b is the y-intercept we need to find.
Find Y-Intercept using Point: To find the y-intercept b, we can use the point (−10,1) which lies on line w. We substitute x with −10 and y with 1 into the equation y=−51x+b and solve for b.1=−(51)(−10)+b(−10,1)0(−10,1)1(−10,1)2
Write Final Equation of Line w: Now that we have the slope and the y-intercept, we can write the final equation of line w. It is y=−51x−1.
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