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how do you write the standard form of an equation of a line that passes through the point (-4, -5) and is parallel to the line 2x-4y=5?

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[+1] - fresco - 12/18/2008[b]y=mx+c [/b]is the standard form where m is the gradient and c the intercept. [b]m[/b]=0.5 from the parallel -5=0.5 [b]times[/b] -4 [b]+ c[/b] (from -4,-5) whence [b]c[/b]= -3 the...

y=mx+c is the standard form where m is the gradient and c the intercept.
m=0.5 from the parallel
-5=0.5 times -4 + c (from -4,-5)
whence c= -3

the equation is y=0.5x - 3

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