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Having calculated $m$, calculate the constant term $c$ by noting that $y=\\var{k}$ when $x=\\var{h}$.</p>\n            ", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}}], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}], "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "statement": "\n    <p>Find the equation of the straight line which:</p>\n  <ul>\n  <li>Is parallel to $\\displaystyle \\simplify{{(b-d)/n2}x+{(c-a)/n2}y={(b*c-a*d)/n2}}$.</li>\n  </ul>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n  <ul>\n  <li>Passes through the point $(\\var{h},\\var{k})$.</li>\n  </ul>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n  <p>Input your answer in the form $mx+c$ for suitable values of $m$ and $c$.</p>\n  <p>Input $m$ and $c$ as fractions or integers as appropriate and not as decimals.</p>\n  <p>If you input $m$ as a fraction, put brackets ( ) around the fraction. For example, if your answer for $m$ is $\\dfrac{-2}{3}$ and your answer for $c$ is $\\dfrac{7}{5}$, you should write $(-2/3)x+7/5$.</p>\n  <p>Click on Show steps if you need help, you will lose 1 mark if you do so.</p>\n  \n    ", "tags": ["MAS1602", "SFY0001", "checked2015", "equation of a straight line", "gradient of a line", "parallel line"], "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [], "name": "", "pickQuestions": 0}], "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "type": "question", "metadata": {"notes": "\n        \t\t\n        \t\t", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "<p>Find the equation of the straight line parallel to the given line that passes through the given point $(a,b)$.</p>"}, "advice": "\n    <p>The equation of the line is of the form $y=mx+c$.</p>\n  <p>The gradient $m$ will be the same as the gradient of the line $\\displaystyle \\simplify{{(b-d)/n2}x+{(c-a)/n2}y={(b*c-a*d)/n2}}$, which is $\\displaystyle m= \\simplify{{b-d}/{a-c}}$. We can calculate the constant term $c$ by noting that $y=\\var{k}$ when $x=\\var{h}$.</p>\n  <p>Using this we get:<br/>\\[ \\begin{eqnarray} \\var{k}&amp;=&amp;\\simplify[std]{({b-d}/{a-c}){h}+c} \\Rightarrow\\\\ c&amp;=&amp;\\simplify[std]{{k}-({b-d}/{a-c}){h}={(b*h-d*h+c*k-a*k)}/{(c-a)}} \\end{eqnarray} \\]</p>\n  <p>Hence the equation of the line is <br/>\\[y = \\simplify[std]{({b-d}/{a-c})x+{b*h-d*h+c*k-a*k}/{c-a}}\\]</p>\n  \n    ", "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}