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Find the slope of a line parallel to each given line. 2x+3y=-3

User Alex Arvanitidis
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We will have the following:

First, we solve the expression for "y", that is:


\begin{gathered} 2x+3y=-3\Rightarrow3y=-2x-3 \\ \\ \Rightarrow y=-(2)/(3)x-1 \end{gathered}

So, the slop of a function line that is parallel will be:


-(2)/(3)

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