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What is the slope of a line parallel to the graph of 3x−5y=18 ?

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Answer:

The slope of the parallel line is 3.

Explanation:

A line that is parallel to a refernce line will have the same slope. The refernce line is 3x-y=18. Rewrite it in slope-intercept form [y=mx+b] so that we can find the slope, m.

3x-y=18

-y= - 3x + 18

y = 3x - 18

The slope, m, is 3

A line parallel to this line will also have a slope of 3.

y = 3x+b

Choose any b, and the line will be parallel. I chose 5 for the attached graph. y = 3x+5

What is the slope of a line parallel to the graph of 3x−5y=18 ?-example-1
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