SOLUTION: Write the equation of the parallel to -3x+2y=9 and containing the point (-2,1) in slope-intercept form.

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Question 209864: Write the equation of the parallel to -3x+2y=9 and containing the point (-2,1) in slope-intercept form.
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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parallel to -3x+2y=9 and containing the point (-2,1)
2Y=-3X+9
Y=-3X/2+9/2
Y=-1.5X+4.5 ( RED LINE)
THE PARALLEL LINE ALSO HAS A SLOPE=-1.5
1=-1.5*-2+b
1=3+b
b=1-3
b=-2 THE Y INTERCEPT.
y=-1.5x-2 (GREEN LINE)
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-1.5x+%2B4.5%2C+-1.5x+-2%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions -1.5x +4.5 and -1.5x -2).