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The lines shown below are parallel.if the green line has a slope of -2,what is the slope of the red line?

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The slope is -2.

When lines are parallel, the slopes of the lines will be equal to one another.
When lines are perpendicular they have negative reciprocal slopes, and the product of their slopes will equal -1.
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Answer:

-2

Explanation:

If the lines are parallel, the slopes are the same.

Since the green line has a slope of -2, the red line has a slope of -2

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