SOLUTION: how do you find out the slope of a line with the equation 2x+3y+6=0?

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Question 148959: how do you find out the slope of a line with the equation 2x+3y+6=0?
Answer by mangopeeler07(462) About Me  (Show Source):
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2x+3y+6=0

First isolate y
Move 2x and 6 to the other side:
3y=-2x-6

Divide it all by 3
y=-2/3x-2

y=mx+b, where m is the slope
-2/3 takes the place of m in
y=-2/3x-2

so slope= -2/3