converting from cartesian to parametric form (1 Viewer)

Run hard@thehsc

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Can someone help me with regard to this?
Like how would you convert a line y = 8x + 5 to a parametric form? thanks!!!
 

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y = 8x + 5

So, take any point on the line like (1, 13) or (0, 5)

Gradient m = 8 means x : y = 1 : 8 so a direction vector is

So a vector equation of y = 8x + 5 is:

Correction: I thought it was for a vector equation.

For my example, a parametric eqn would simply be:
 
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