document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=400507>Question 400507</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope, if it exists, of the line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please explain and show me how to do these problems, ty \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y= -10 + 7 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=10/3X -5/7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this is a line parallel to the x axis. Hence no slope.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(10/3 )x -5/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "compare this equation with the equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "compare the co-efficients of x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = (10/3) </SPAN>\n" );
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