SOLUTION: What is the value of k if the line 2x - 3y = 5 is parallel to the line 2x + (k - 3)y = 7?

SOLUTION: What is the value of k if the line 2x - 3y = 5 is parallel to the line 2x + (k - 3)y = 7?

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Question 254322: What is the value of k if the line 2x - 3y = 5 is parallel to the line 2x + (k - 3)y = 7?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Step 1 - solve this equation for y.

Notice the slope is 2/3.
We want parallel slope so we use the same fraction 2/3.
Step 2 - solve this equation for y.

The slope here is
-2/(k-3) which is equal to 2/3 as

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