text: find the equation of the line parallel to 2y-14=0 and passing through (0,3/4).?   2 lines are parallel if and only if their slopes are equal.  to get the slope of the line 2y - 14 = 0, get its slope-intercept form: 2y - 14 = 0 2y = 14 y = 7  clearly, the slope is 0.  since you know the slope, m = 0, and it passes through (0,3/4), use the point-slope form of the equation of the line:  y - y1 = m(x - x1) y - 3/4 = 0(x - 0) y - 3/4 = 0 y = 3/4 (slope-intercept form) or 4y = 3 (standard form) or 4y - 3 = 0 (general form)  note: the point-slope form was derived from:  m = rise/run m = change in y/change in x m = (y - y1)/(x - x1) m(x - x1) = y - y1 y - y1 = m(x - x1)  hope you like this ^_^