SOLUTION: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line whose equation is x + y = 6 x+y=6. Fully reduce your answer.

Question 1140328: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line whose equation is
x
+
y
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6
x+y=6. Fully reduce your answer.
Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The equation of this line in the slope-intercept form is 


    y = -x + 6.


The coefficient at "x" is -1.  Therefore, the slope of the line is -1.

Answered and solved.

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P.S. In this forum, we do not write "vertically".

We read and write "horizontally", which means "in horizontal lines".

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