Q. what is an equation of the line that passes through the point (−3,4) and its parallel to the line x−y=9
Find Parallel Line Slope: First we gotta find the slope of the line that's parallel to x−y=9. Since parallel lines have the same slope, we can rewrite the given equation in slope-intercept form to find the slope.x−y=9−y=−x+9y=x−9So the slope (m) is 1.
Point-Slope Form: Now we use the point-slope form to write the equation of the line that passes through (−3,4) with the slope we just found.The point-slope form is y−y1=m(x−x1), where (x1,y1) is the point the line passes through and m is the slope.So we plug in m=1, x1=−3, and y1=4.y−4=1(x−(−3))y−4=1(x+3)
Simplify to Slope-Intercept: Next, we simplify the equation to get it into slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b. y−4=x+3Add 4 to both sides to isolate y.y=x+3+4y=x+7
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