document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=826571>Question 826571</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I identify the slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y = 3x + 5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #498143 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><B>rothauserc(4718)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rothauserc><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=498143\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> standard form for a line is y = mx +b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the equation Y = 3x + 5, the slope is 3, we can see this from its graph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "strictly speaking, the slope is a fraction, in our case it is 3/1 and this tells us that to find a point on the line from a given point on the same line we move 3 positive grid points from the given y coordinate and 1 positive grid point from the given x coordinate<BR>\n" );
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