SOLUTION: Why do mathmagicians use the letter m for slope in the function y=mx+b?
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Question 19885: Why do mathmagicians use the letter m for slope in the function y=mx+b?
Answer by christinaaa192(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
that's a good question. I'm not really sure why either, but my guess is a greek or latin (or some other kind of language) long time ago. but you might want to research that.
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