SOLUTION: 6x+3y=-8 What is the slope of a line parallel to this? What is the slope perpendicular to this?

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Question 702240: 6x+3y=-8
What is the slope of a line parallel to this?
What is the slope perpendicular to this?
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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6x+3y=-8
3Y=-6X-8
Y=-6X/3-8/3
Y=-2X-2.67
THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE-2.
ALL PARALLEL LINE WILL ALSO HAVE A SLOPE=-2
ALL PERPENDICULAR LINES WILL HAVE A SLOPE=1/2. (THE NEGATIVE RECIPROCAL OF -2).