SOLUTION: Find the slope intercept form of the line passing through the point (-4,-9) and parallel to the line -2x-6y=7. I just dont need the answer i need how to do it as well.

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Question 192765: Find the slope intercept form of the line passing through the point (-4,-9) and parallel to the line -2x-6y=7. I just dont need the answer i need how to do it as well.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
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you need to use the point slope formula which is
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y-k=m(x-h) where m is the slope and (h,k) is any point on the line
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we know that any line parallel to -2x-6y=7 has an equal slope. So the first step is to find the slope of this line
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-2x-6y=7--->-6y=2x+7--->y=(-1/3)x-7/6....so the slope is -1/3
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now we have the slope -1/3 and a point (-4,-9).....plug these numbers into our formula above
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y-(-9)=(-1/3)(x-(-4))
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y+9=(-1/3)(x+4)
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y+9=-1/3x-4/3
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y=(-1/3)x-31/3 slope intercept form