A line passes through the point (3,3) and is parallel to the line given by the equation Y=-2/3x - 2
What is the equation of the line?
A. Y=3/2x
B. Y=-2/3x+5
C. Y=2/3x-5
D. Y=-3/2x+1

Respuesta :

Answer:

B. [tex]y=-\frac{2}{3}x+5[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Equation of a line: y=mx+b (Where m is the slope and b is the y- intercept)

Parallel lines have the same slope.

So that means that the line will have the slope [tex]-\frac{2}{3}[/tex].

So we can write the equation of the line as y= -2/3x+b

Since it goes through the point (3,3) we can plug in 3 for x and y by doing:

[tex]y=-\frac{2}{3} x+b\\3=-\frac{2}{3} (3)+b\\3=-2+b\\b=5[/tex]

Now we know the y intercept (b) we can write the equation of the line.

[tex]y=-\frac{2}{3}x+5[/tex]