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is not a line. It is simply a binomial expression in the variable x.\r
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has a solution set consisting of a set of ordered pairs

such that

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The slope of such a line is equal to the coefficient on x when the equation describing the set of ordered pairs is expressed in the slope-intercept form, namely

, in other words the m in

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