SOLUTION: What happens to the graph of the line y = 2x - 5 when the equation is changed to y = 5x + 6?

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Question 762282: What happens to the graph of the line y = 2x - 5 when the equation is changed to y = 5x + 6?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The form of the equation is
+y+=+m%2Ax+%2B+b+ where +m+ = slope
and +b+ = y-intercept.
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Going from
+y+=+2x+-+5+ to
+y+=+5x+%2B+6+
The slope becomes much steeper, going from
+2+ to +5+
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The y-intercept goes from +y+=+-5+ to +y+=+6+
Here's the plots of both lines:
+graph%28+400%2C+400%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+2x+-+5%2C+5x+%2B+6+%29+