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Your friend says that the line with the equation 2x + 3y = 7 has a slope of 2. explain to them the error in their thinking.

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The error of their thinking is that they did not convert the equation to slope intercept form, so they assumed that the 2x was the slope. They got the standard form mixed up with slope intercept.

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