SOLUTION: How do you figure out what the slope is when they give you an equation?
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Question 438521: How do you figure out what the slope is when they give you an equation?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
solve the equation for y, so it is in the general form ___ y = mx + b
the x-coefficient (m) is the slope
the constant term (b) is the y-intercept (where the line crosses the y-axis)
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