document.write( "Question 405445: Trying to figure out the slope of the line determined by the equation 2x=y. I came up with m = -2, but don't feel confident in my answer. I used the formula: Y2-Y1/X2-X1 \n" ); document.write( "

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Only use $\"m+=+%28y%5B2%5D+-+y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D+-+x%5B1%5D%29\"$ if you're given two points on the line. Here, you could find two arbitrary points and find their slope, but instead just write it in y = mx + b form --> y = 2x. Therefore the slope is 2. \n" ); document.write( "

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