document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=378248>Question 378248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the graph of: 2x-3y=6?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. -2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. -3/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-3y=6  Solving for y to put into slope-intercept form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 6 = 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (2/3)x - 2  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = (2/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "parallel lines have identical slopes.  Answer C would be the correct choice </SPAN>\n" );
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