SOLUTION: please help Find the equation of the line that passes through (-3,-3) and is parallel to x - 2y = -7 thank you

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Question 63728This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
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Find the equation of the line that passes through (-3,-3) and is parallel to x - 2y = -7
thank you This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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X-2Y=-7
-2Y=-X-7
Y=X/2+3.5 THIS SHOWS A SLOPE OF 1/2 OR .5 AND A Y INTERCEPT OF 3.5
NOW SUBSTITUTE (-3,-3) IN THE LINE EQUATION WITH A SLOPE OF .5 & WE GET THE Y INTERCEPT OF THIS PARALLEL LINE.
-3=-3*.5+b
-3=-1.5+b
b=-1.5 THEN THE EQUATION FOR THIS LINE IS
Y=.5X-1.5