# Math Help - lines an equations

1. ## lines an equations

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i need to find out an equation of a line that contains the point (-2,5) and is parallel to the line y=4x-3

2. If the equation of a line is of the form y = ax + b, then a is the slope.
Find the slope of the given line, since parallel lines have the same slope, you have then found a.
To determine b, fill in the given point for x and y, this will give a lineair equation in b which you can solve.

Also possible: the line with slope a through the point (p,q) is given by: y-q = a(x-p).

3. Originally Posted by pianogurl1250
ok another question...

i need to find out an equation of a line that contains the point (-2,5) and is parallel to the line y=4x-3

A line parallel to $y=4x-3$ has slope or gradient equal to the
gradient of this line, so the required gradient is $4$.

Therefore the equation of the line is something like:

$y=4x+c$,

for some $c$. The value of $c$ can be determined as
it passes through $(-2,5)$. To do this we put $y=5$ and
$x=-2$ into the above equation and then solve for $c$, ie solve:

$5=4 \times (-2) +c$

for $c$.

RonL