What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (-2,-6) and is parallel to the line x+2y=8?

Answer 1

x+2y=8

any parallel line can also be written as

x+2y = a constant, call it z

plug in the point to solve for z

-2+2(-6) = z

-2 -12 = z

z =-14

the equation is x+2y=-14