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If the equation of a line is 2x+3y=6, what is the slope of the line?

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-2/3

Write the equation in slope-intercept form \(y = mx + c\), where \(m\) is the slope.

\(2x + 3y = 6 \Rightarrow 3y = -2x + 6 \Rightarrow y = -\frac{2}{3}x + 2\)

Comparing with \(y = mx + c\), the slope is \(m = -\frac{2}{3}\).

Alternatively, for \(ax + by + c = 0\), slope \(= -\frac{a}{b} = -\frac{2}{3}\).

Hence, the slope of the line is \(-\frac{2}{3}\).

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