Find Any Equation Parallel to the Line 6x-4y=4

$6 x - 4 y = 4$

Step 1

Choose a point that the parallel line will pass through.

$(0, 0)$

Step 2

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Subtract $6 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 4 y = 4 - 6 x$

Divide each term in $- 4 y = 4 - 6 x$ by $- 4$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 4 y = 4 - 6 x$ by $- 4$ .

$\frac{- 4 y}{- 4} = \frac{4}{- 4} + \frac{- 6 x}{- 4}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 4 y}{- 4} = \frac{4}{- 4} + \frac{- 6 x}{- 4}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{4}{- 4} + \frac{- 6 x}{- 4}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $4$ by $- 4$ .

$y = - 1 + \frac{- 6 x}{- 4}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 6$ and $- 4$ .

Factor $- 2$ out of $- 6 x$ .

$y = - 1 + \frac{- 2 (3 x)}{- 4}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $- 2$ out of $- 4$ .

$y = - 1 + \frac{- 2 (3 x)}{- 2 (2)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$y = - 1 + \frac{- 2 (3 x)}{- 2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$y = - 1 + \frac{3 x}{2}$

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

Reorder $- 1$ and $\frac{3 x}{2}$ .

$y = \frac{3 x}{2} - 1$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{3}{2} x - 1$

Step 3

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $\frac{3}{2}$ .

$m = \frac{3}{2}$

Step 4

To find an equation that is parallel, the slopes must be equal. Find the parallel line using the point-slope formula.

Step 5

Use the slope $\frac{3}{2}$ and a given point $(0, 0)$ to substitute for $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ in the point-slope form $y - y_{1} = m (x - x_{1})$ , which is derived from the slope equation $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ .

$y - (0) = \frac{3}{2} \cdot (x - (0))$

Step 6

Simplify the equation and keep it in point-slope form.

$y + 0 = \frac{3}{2} \cdot (x + 0)$

Step 7

Solve for $y$ .

Add $y$ and $0$ .

$y = \frac{3}{2} \cdot (x + 0)$

Simplify $\frac{3}{2} \cdot (x + 0)$ .

Add $x$ and $0$ .

$y = \frac{3}{2} \cdot x$

Combine $\frac{3}{2}$ and $x$ .

$y = \frac{3 x}{2}$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{3}{2} x$

Step 8

Find Any Equation Parallel to the Line 6x-4y=4

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