SOLUTION: what is the slope of the line y=8x+1?

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Question 493781: what is the slope of the line y=8x+1?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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"Slope-intercept" form of a line:
y = mx + b
where
m is the slope
b is the y-intercept at (0,b)
.
Since:
y=8x+1
is already in "slope-intercept" form
From inspection, we see that the slope is 8