Write the equation of a line parallel to the given line but passing through the given point. y=1/4x-2;(8,-1)

y = 9x - 85

If this is homwork, be sure to show your work.

Let's break this down into a few parts first.

Slope intercept form is otherwise known as y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
Parallel means that the two lines will never meet. They are parallel to each other. In math terms, their slopes are the same, so the m values must be the same.

Starting with y = -5x + 1, putting into slope intercept form, y = mx + b, m = -5 and b=1.

Since it is parallel, it must have the same slope and the m values are the same.

So, y = -5x + b, but we don't know what the value of b is. To determine this, we know the point (-4,-6) is on the line that we are trying to find, so we can substitute it into the equation and calculate b to make it work.

Every time we see an x we put in -4 and every time we see a y, we put in -6.

-6 = -5(-4) + b
-6 = 20 + b
subtract 20 from both sides
-6 - 20 = 20 + b - 20
-26 = b
Now substitute this into the equation.

y = -5x + -26
Putting it into correct form, we get y = -5x - 26.

Let's check it to see if it is correct.

It has a slope of -5, so it is parallel to y=-5x + 1

Is the point (-4,-6) on the line? Let's substitute it in to see if it is on the line.

Again, everywhere we see an x, we put in -4 and everywhere we see a y we put in -6.

-6 = -5(-4) - 26
-6 = 20 - 26
-6 = -6

Sorry for the very long explanation, but after you do a few of them, you will be able to knock them off in minutes.

Good luck,

Paul

The "slope intercept form of the equation of a (the) line" is y=mx+b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.

We are given the slope of 1/2, so m= 1/2.

We can now write y=1/2 x + b.

Since the point (-2,-3) is on the line, we can substitute it in and solve for b. We put the -2 in for x and -3 in for y.

-3 = 1/2(-2) +b
-3 = -1 + b
-3 + 1 = -1 + b +1
-2 =b

Thus, the equation of the line is y= 1/2 x -2

To check if we did this correctly, plug in the point (-2, -3) to see if it works.
Left Side Right Side
-3 = 1/2 (-2) -2
= -1-2
= -3

9x-5y=121

First, I graphed the lines and the point using Desmos.com.

I noticed that the two lines are perpendicular to each other and the point (1,-1) appears to be on the right side of the circle, on a line parallel to 3x -4y-10=0. The equation of this line is y= 3/4x - 1.75. The y-intercept is -1.75. Now we have two points on the opposite sides of the circle, (1, -1) and (0,-1.75). The midpoint formula will give you the centre of the circle and the distance formula will provide the radius.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Good luck.

Paul
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3x-7y=2 is an equation of a line. That line doesn't go through the point (6, -7) though. Are you looking for the equation of a line through the point parallel to the first line? Perpendicular?

1. Transform this equation to its functional form:
2. 9y=-3x+17 or y=(-1/3)x+17/9
3. In the last equation, the slope is the coefficient of x, namely -1/3.
   
4. A line parallel to this one must have the same slope (-1/3).
5. So the equation of your line starts this way: y=(-1/3)x+b.
6. To identify (calculate) b, you must make use of the fact that the parallel line passes through the point (1,5).
   
7. That means that the coordinates of the point (1,5) satisfy the equation of the parallel line y=(-1/3)x+b
8. Substitute 5 for y, and 1 for x and solve for b.

And that is as far I will go. I leave it to you finish up the work : find b and write the equation in the functional form, then convert it to the general form (Ax+By+C=0) if that is what you are asked to produce.

You are looking for a line (y=m*x+b) and have two points. From this information you can generate two equations with two unknowns (m and b are unknown).
First plug in the first point (1,5) to the general form:
5(the y value of the point) = m*1(the x-value at this point)+b
Do the same for the second point you're given.
From here solve the first equation for m in terms of b.
Plug this value of 'm' into the second equation so you will end up with something like:
3=(something in terms of b)*(-2)+b
This final equation can be solved for b (try factoring)
You now have a value for the y-intercept. Plug that into y=m*x+b
Choose either of the two points, plug into the equation on the last line with the value of b known
You then know y, x, and b and have m as the remaining 1 unknown. Solve for that and put it all together for your final answer.

Calculate the slope (gradient) of the line as a=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) where y2=6, y1=5, x2=3, and x1=1. You should get a=(6-5)/(3-1)=1/2
The equation is y=(1/2)x PLUS b, where b is not known yet.

To find b, substitute the coordinates of one of the points in the equation. Let us do it for (3,6).

The point (3,6) lies on the line, so 6=3/2 PLUS b.
Solve for b: 6 MINUS 3/2=b, or b=9/2=4.5
Equation is thus y=(x/2) PLUS 9/2 =(x PLUS 9)/2

assuming the question is what is the circle equation?
and if (-2,2) is the center of the circle
the equation should look like this: (x+2)^2+(Y-2)^2=R^2

And now only R is needed.

given 2x-5y+4=0 equation of line perpendicular

we can rearange the equation to be y=(2x+4)/5
from that we can see that the slope of the line is 2/5
And from the fact of perpendicular line we can say that the slope
of the radius line is -2/5.

The motivation now is to calculate the distance between the center of the circle to the cross point of the radius with the line perpendicular

For that we would calculate the radius line equation and compare it to the equation of line perpendicular

As mentioned earlier the slope of the radious line is -2/5.

So the equation is y=-2/5x+b and b can be calculated by using the center of the circle coordinates

2= - (2/5)*(-2)+b ------> b=2-4/5=1.2
radius equation is y=-(2/5)x+1.2

Now the cross point is calculated by comparing the equations:
-(2/5)x+1.2=(2x+4)/5 --> -2x+6=2x+4 --> 4x=2 --> x=1/2 --> y=1

So the cross point is (1/2,1).

The distance between the points is calculated by the following
Formula:

R=SQR(((1/2)-(-2))^2+(2-1)^2)=SQR(2.5^2+1^2)=SQR(6.25+1)=
SQR(7.25)

Therefore the circle eq is (x+2)^2+(Y-2)^2=7.25