document.write( "Question 148334: Which line is the flattest (or is less steep)? Why?
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 1/2x + 3
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These are all in the \"slope-intercept\" form, y = mx + b.
\n" ); document.write( "m is the slope, and the larger the value, the \"steeper\" the line.
\n" ); document.write( "Of these 4, the last one has the least slope of 1/2, so that's the \"flattest\", or the one neareast to horizontal (parallel to the x-axis).
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