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Write an equation of the line that is parallel to the line whose equation is 3y+7=2x.

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Answer:To find the equation of a parallel line, we first need to find the slope of 3y + 7 = 2x.

We need to find it because, if two lines are parallel, then that means they have the same slope.

The best way to do this is solve for y

Due to the rule that in y = mx + b, m = the slope, we find that the slope is 2/3.

Now we use that slope in the same formula to find b of the line we're trying to find the equation for, and then we'll have our answer. We find b by plugging in (2, 6) for x and y

So our line is: y=2/3x+14/3

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