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document.write( "Every time, when a straight line is presented in the form\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = ax + b,\r\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of this straight line is the value of the coefficient \"a\" at x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In your case it is -4.\r\n" );
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