What is the slope of any line parallel to the line 8x+9y=3 in standard (x,y) coordinate plane?
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A:
8x + 9y = 3 9y = -8x + 3 y = -8/9x + 1/3...the slope here is -8/9. A parallel line will have the same slope....so any line parallel to 8x + 9y = 3 will have a slope of -8/9