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Answer:

y = -x +3

Explanation:

You want the slope-intercept equation of the line with the same intercept as -3y = -9 +3x, and the same slope as -2x -2y = -8.

Slope-intercept form

The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line is ...

y = mx +b . . . . . where m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept

For the given equations, we can put them in this form to find the desired parameters.

-3y = -9 +3x

y = -x +3 . . . . . . . . . . divide both sides by -3

We observe that the y-intercept is +3, which we will need for our answer.

The slope-intercept form of the second equation is ...

-2x -2y = -8

x + y = 4 . . . . . . . . . . divide by -2

y = -x +4 . . . . . . . . . . subtract x

We observe that the slope (coefficient of x) is -1, which we will need for our answer.

Desired equation

We want the equation of the line with slope -1 and y-intercept 3. It is ...

y = -x +3 . . . . . . . . . . same as the equation of the first line

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Additional comment

The slope-intercept equation (green) is plotted using dots, so that you can see it is coincident with the line described by the first equation (red). Parallel lines have the same slope, so our desired line must be parallel to the blue line. (It is.)

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