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What is an equation of the that passes through the point (3,-1) and is parellel to the line 5x+3y=6?

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First, let's find the slope of the line 5x + 3y = 6:

5x + 3y = 6

-5x -5x

3y = 6 - 5x

÷3 ÷3

y = 6/3 - 5x/3

y = (-5/3)x + 2

The equation is now in the form y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

Therefore, slope is -5/3.

This is important because parallel lines have the same slope.

We are looking for the equation of the line that passes through the point (6,-2) and has a slope of -5/3.

We can use point slope form:

y - y1 = m(x - x1) where m is the slope and (x1,y1) is a point on the line.

Therefore an equation of the line is:

y - (-2) = (-5/3)(x - 6)

or y + 2 = (-5/3)(x - 6)

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