document.write( "Question 739763: if you wanted to make the graph of y=2x+5 steeper, which equation could you use\r
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document.write( "The steepness of a line is determined by its slope m.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you have learned \r\n" );
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document.write( "y = mx + b, and that m, the coefficient of x is the slope. \r\n" );
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document.write( "then you know that the slope of\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = 2x + 5 is 2 because the coefficient of x is 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You should know that the slope of answer A\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = x + 5 is 1 because the coefficient of x is 1. So it's not as steep. \r\n" );
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document.write( "You should know that the slope of answer B\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = 4x + 5 is 4 because the coefficient of x is 4. So it's steeper.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You should know that the slope of answer C\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = 2x + 8 is 2 because the coefficient of x is 4. So it's the SAME\r\n" );
document.write( "steepness, it's not steeper.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You should know that the slope of answer D\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = -2x + 5 is -2 because the coefficient of x is 4. So it's the SAME\r\n" );
document.write( "steepness, it's not steeper.  The negative sign just means that it \r\n" );
document.write( "slopes down to the right.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Lines with positive slopes slope up to the right like this / and lines \r\n" );
document.write( "with negative slopes slope down to the right like this \.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Anyway, the correct answer is B, for it's the only one steeper than\r\n" );
document.write( "the given line with slope 2.\r\n" );
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