Help please! What is the equation of a line that passes through the point (9, −3) and is parallel to the line whose equation is 2x−3y=6 ?

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Help please!

What is the equation of a line that passes through the point (9, −3) and is parallel to the line whose equation is 2x−3y=6 ?

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2x-3y=6
-3y=2x+6
y=-2/3x-2
So, the slope is -2/3
y=-2/3x+b
-3=-2/3(9)+b
-3=-6+b
-3/(-6)=b
1/2=b
So, the equation is y=-2/3x+1/2

Yiling answered Aug 14, 2018

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