document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=521735>Question 521735</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y=3x-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do you find the slope of this problem? thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-2 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This equation is in the slope-intercept form of:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this form, m (which is the multiplier of x) is the slope and b is the value on the y-axis where the graph crosses the y-axis. For your given problem b is -2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer to your question is +3 is the slope because it is the multiplier of x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to become familiar with the slope-intercept form and specifically what each term in this form represents.<BR>\n" );
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