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Find the slope of a line parallel to 3x – y = 1

User Aace
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The slope is 3 for the line parallel


User Yaremenko Andrii
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3x – y = 1

solve for y

subtract 3x from each side

-y = -3x -1

divide by -1

y = 3x+1

the slope is 3

parallel lines have the same slope so the parallel line has a slope of 3

Answer: 3

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