SOLUTION: The slope of a line is 5/3. What is the slope of any line parallel to this line?

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Question 686997: The slope of a line is 5/3. What is the slope of any line parallel to this line?
Answer by Stitch(470)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By definition any two lines are parallel as long as they have the same slope.
So the slope of any line parallel to it is 5/3.
For example. the lines (5/3)X and 5/3(X) + 2 are parallel.

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