SOLUTION: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line whose equation is y=-½x+3

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Question 772497: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line whose equation is y=-½x+3
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Parallel lines and their slopes are easy. Since slope is a measure of the angle of a line from the horizontal, and since parallel lines must have the same angle, then parallel lines have the same slope — and lines with the same+slope are parallel.
this line y=%281%2F2%29x%2B3 has a slope m=-%281%2F2%29; so, any other line with same slope will be parallel to this line